follow the rules

Well as Steinbeck penned, “the best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry“. Mine especially so, or so it would seem. I’m not sure why that is though. I have the whipping boy theory, which is that Karma like anything else has a whipping boy and I fill that role for Karma. Now see it would be so delicious if it were by choice and I was a masochist and enjoyed such things. However I’m not and the only one deriving any pleasure from this is the sadist. So I ask for happiness karma says sure but it will cost you double in pain.

The other thing is just bad timing. No fate, no karma, no divinity influence just pure by chance bad luck.

And it’s not that really horrible things happen all of the time, just things that are stumbling blocks, closed doors, locked windows, jammed up streets… barricade after barricade in the way. Frustration mounts. Simple tasks for anyone else become 12 step programs and on and on.

I know I’m not perfect, nor is life perfect but it seems, at least from the outside that many other people get a pass. Especially those who ignore the rules. Now I’m all for some disobedient behavior when it is necessary. However, the world tends to work better when there is order rather than chaos, well at least it did once. Now the looking glass world rule and chaos wins. Every one who doesn’t play by the rules is rewarded and those who do are punished.

Look at the world mess we are in now, who wins those who squander and waste, the losers are those who followed the rules. The grasshopper has locked the ant out of the house and is allowing him to freeze because the rat bastard has the music up too loud and can’t hear the ant knocking on the door. So then if the ant breaks down the door to get in who looses the grasshopper or the ant?

They say you make your own happiness, that is true but too many other people are trying to ruin that good time because they think you should be responsible for them having a good time.

I don’t know… just follow the rules… seriously is that too much to ask?


Have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood.

Ciao,