Thursday, June 25, 2009

Follow Rules !!


When pre-historic man lived in the wilderness there were no rules. Only the natural rules of "survival of the fittest" were prevalent. So, the stronger, younger and faster you were, greater were the chances of your survival. As man evolved, he discovered that he had a brain power which made him smarter and hence could make up for physical deficiencies.

He quickly used this to develop a language for communication, created tools to support himself, organised community living and formed rules. These rules were formed to ensure justice, orderliness and discipline. As the original in-habitations became villages, towns and cities and organisations within them, the number of rules increased - and so did the complexities.

When we look at rules of any kind, the first thought that should come to our minds is that the rules were formed for us and not against us. By following rules, we are making our own lives simpler and better. By breaking them, we run the risk of taking the society backwards and into anarchy and chaos.

We have every right to seek changes in the rules if they are found to be inadequate or unjust. We can create new rules, by following the right process, for new situations. In no circumstance, however, should we break rules or encourage or allow for breaking of rules. When we follow rules, we may look like robots, but that is the price we have to pay for comfortable and secure living. If everyone in our society was following rules, it would be a much better place to live.

Do you agree ?

14 comments:

Deliberately Thoughtless said...

The present rule is.. Survival of the FASTEST.... ;)

KParthasarathi said...

You have reached a milestone today by posting the 50th article.Hearty congratulations.Your posts are singular in the sense they uphold the lofty values of life and also suggest ways to follow them.Your blog would be of immense value to youngsters and the adults alike.I wish when you complete the 100th post, they are compiled as book. Keep up the good work.
Thankfully
KP

Avin said...

Congratulations on your 50 :)
Bring up the century soon.I completely agree with you for the rules are there for a reason and this is the very thing that i contemplate every morning as i see lot of people ignoring the STOP line while waiting in the signal.

Nice post.Keep adding values to life.

Unknown said...

Hi Vish

This is good stuff but not surprisng as we worked together for quite some time. Keep the thoughts flowing

regards

ravi

Unknown said...

I agree with the rules but at times disagree with law of land as law of land favours one community and is against other community especially in Gulf and Middle Eastern countries.

Great going Vish hope you make many more blogs to enhance self and people reading your blogs.

Radhika said...

My heartiest Congratulations on your reaching half century.. my wishes to you that you soon reach century..

As regards rules.. The rules have been laid down by man through the form of religion. While religion should be more inclined towards spirituality, it also lays down rules. eg. in Hinduism the Manu script lays down the rules and according to me in no generation was it a good rule book.. suppressing certain sections of the community. Similarly other religions also have their own sets of rules that are and were completely barbaric.
Further, to give an example, a distant relative of ours suddenly became very religious and started following the rule book to the T. Since somewhere it is mentioned that one should not cross the seas after Upanayanam, he stopped his son from going abroad for further studies..
I think one should apply common sense and follow a strong value system, than be a robot. Rules are always made based on certain situations and for certain situations, but there are more exceptions and exemptions to it. Just like a post sanction note seeking exemptions... Thats why i believe that they can never be full proof.
If not updated regularly, following old rule book leads to disaster. We have and are seeing such events regularly.
I feel life has to lived fully.. not bound by rules always... Life is very beautiful beyond rules...:)

lakshmi said...

Hi Vish
hearty congratulations on reaching the milestone.
Even now the rule that is followed is - survival of the fittest.....

postings in ur blog are really giving the much needed Values for Life.
have a happy day

Faith AND Patience said...

Sir,

Congratulations for your half century! I suggest you can now make pocket book by capturing all your blogs into it + You can included your Story of the week + Thought for the day etc..It will be excellent collection for those people who wants to read Positive Mental Attitude book / articles. I request and wish that "Vish" will go on writing this kind of notes / blogs and we will boost our inner soul. Thanks for all your blogs. All the best for now & forever.

With warm regards,

Sneha Shrivastava said...

I am trying to apply this in life.:)
I hope will be able to succeed.:)

Ashwin said...

Congratulations brother...on your 50th blog entry...

I agree with your views on rules...however, one more view is rules are the absolutely fair and un-biased. If everyone had their own set of rules, that is the beginning of chaos and anarchy. If people keep changing rules all the time, then rules lose its meaning and value...

Bravo....Hope you reach your century blog very soon....I have written my first blog as well by the way...

MG said...

Congratulations on your 50

Anonymous said...

Cogratulations on your 50 blogs ... I wish you great thinking for many many more. Freedom within restrictions is what i personally believe in for an orderly society. As humans perhaps we can not digest unlimited freedom & i agree with your views.

SUBS said...

Hearty congrats...for the milestone 50! Best wishes for more

Vijay V said...

Hi Sir,
Greetings and Congrats on sharing this 50th thought. Each and every message of yours are crafted well with simple words & with great message, which helps us to view our life in a different perspective.

Keep up this great work Sir...

Regards
Vijay.V.