Accomplish

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something." - Thomas Edison

What this means is that the creation of rules actually hinders you accomplishing whatever it is you want to do. Our mind loves to create rules. We feel as though it makes order out of chaos. It puts boundaries on what we should and should not do; giving us parameters to work within. This actually works fairly well in some situations, like governing society. But in others, where you have to create or accomplish something new, it is a big hinderance.

Whenever you create something new, you are by definition going outside the norm, outside what is expected or anticipated. Most of us don't create much that is new in our lives precisely because we are afraid to venture outside the norms of what everyone else expects of us. We are afraid of disapproval, and we are afraid of failing because we tried to do something we aren't familiar with. But all brilliant new ideas are greeted with ridicule and all innovators expose themselves to great risk. That is how things get accomplished.

There are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something. This goes for our own personal development too. When we ask someone else for advice, there is no rule that says we have to follow it, or that what worked for him will work for us too. The only thing we can do is to try different approaches and see what works for us. There are no rules.

Of course that means there are no rules for how other people should do things either, and one of the hardest parts of life in this world is learning to respect that; to be completely unjudgmental of others. They don't have to do things our way, just as we don't have to do things their way. All of us must find our own path, based on our strengths and weaknesses, and experiences. There are no rules. Except one-- we must love: ourselves, others, and our world. That is the one and only rule.