The Rules are There are No Rules

Written in response to: "Write about a character who doesn’t understand society’s unspoken rules."

Inspirational Mystery Speculative

The rules don't always apply to all as they are made by those who make rules for others and yet they make their own rules up as they go along throughout life and expect others to follow the very rules made by them but not for them.

There are those who try to confuse you into being something you are not or are not meant to be. They lead you or mislead you in a direction that may cause you to question all the many things and the very reasons behind what you have been believing because those that mislead you are in the dark themselves.

It seems to be an individual or think individually is no longer accepted for the face value of its honesty. I see this so often that I beginning to wonder what planet or what universe I am presently on, which is also along with what country am I presently living in that no longer has values and morals, or even a way to know and understand what is actually right or actually wrong.

I am always second guessing or questioning the very way that life has never corrected the present thinking or the lazy thought process of what they want you to think is ok when it never was ok and never will be ok.

I know who I am, I know what I am, I know where I came from and possibly know where I am heading or hope to be heading. I know what I hope to accomplish and what I hope to achieve, I even know why sometimes when knowing the why can make it more difficult to know the why. I have established the very things that I like to do and what I do not like to do.

I have tried to learn more and after I learn, only teach that which I have learned if I asked to teach it. I even try to be sure when I offer advice that whomever hears it will understand I am not perfect and I truly do not know everything all the time.

I seek out the truth, observe all that is around me and realize that I may see things in a different light after I look at them more than once. I am willing to be the best I can be, even to help guide others, but never tell someone that they have to put to use the advice I offer. That part is more up to the individual themselves.

I know that at each stage in life, I try to grow and grasp as much as my mind can hold or become knowledgeable about. I try to adjust with each year I become older, never seeing my age as anything more than a number. I try to discover and compute wisdom and knowledge that will not only benefit myself but others as well.

I try to help others and see that others can have some of what I have, even to only make their own lives better for it. I try to be fair in looking at people, not judging them because of their different choices in music, or foods, or anything that may slightly different than what I enjoy and like.

I try to accept people for people, being friends, true friends, always and enjoying the friendship that I make along the way. To always being willing to just be there and letting them know this.

I try to be supportive and encouraging, to lift them up, to offer them support in the best ways I know how. I am honest in all my dealings with others, never allowing lies to become part of anything that I am to others. I am only me and I may not always be aware of what is happening, yet I truly appreciate all that they offer me and allow me to have with them. They are special to me in my mind, in my heart and are always close to me in both.

As an individual, being born in a whole different era, growing up in a different setting and being subjected to many things that are part of the years/decades of yesteryear, with this I can only understand what I know from then and what I learned from then. I am open to change, but on small doses at a time. Being openminded allows me to see good in all things always.

I just try to be simple and basic, not overbearing or talking too much too often. I treat others as I wish to be treated too. I wish to show kindness and respect that only I can give no matter what others choose to do or to be.

I will change if this is the only alternative and only as a last resort. I will listen to all sides of any situation, will hear out all sides so as to be fair in my decision of what is to be changed and when. I will never compromise or become anything that may be seen as a failure.

I will always be true to my own self, I will be the best person, the best man, the best human and will be better as I learn more that will allow me to grow and become better.

I am a friend, I will love myself honestly and will never sell myself short, because anything less than the best will never do. I stand true in all ways or nothing at all. I know what I believe, in whom I believe in and why I believe in what I believe in.

I place my faith in that which I believe in and will always e only will to fully answer to the one that I believe, since His opinions matters most and He never leads me astray or causes me to stumble. He is with me always and will give me an answer to anything I ask of Him always, as His answers matters more.

I will always try to be more than enough, yet be enough for me so that I can share with others. Thank you for allowing me to be what I can for you always.

Posted Apr 02, 2025
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