You Have The Permission To Rewrite The Rules

For the last two weeks we have had an added addition to the Wright household.  My wife's 4 year old nephew Ky has been staying with us. He is a very smart young man. He catches on to things quickly and loves to help out. If I'm cutting the grass he's there to assist. If I'm working on the pool he is there to help, if I'm having a snack he's there to assist me too.

Ky is full of energy.  It may be very possible that he is running off of nuclear energy. I'm very surprised that the little new balance shoes he wears have not burst into flames from his constant and quick movements.  Watching him is like trying to track down that one fly at the family bbq...now you see him, now you don't.

Just the other day while we were outside doing some yard work, Ky was helping me sweep up some grass when he passed gas. I shot him a look and he quickly responded to me. "You don't have to say excuse me if you fart outside." I've never heard of that rule. But, I must honestly say the little stinker had me thinking for a moment.

At that moment Ky had broken the rules and made up his own. He made his statement with confidence and continued to sweep up the grass, while I continued working quietly and pondering what the little guy and just said.

We are free to break and make up new rules in our life.  We are free to push the envelope and explore. We are free to do something different and new. We are free to experience different things and enjoy life from a different perspective.

It is the mundane, the scheduled routine, the normalcy, ritualistic, non-changing rhythm of life we get stuck in that we have the power to change.

I don't suggest you start passing gas outside and using Ky's justification to get a pass on etiquette. I do suggest being brave and doing something different. You don't need permission to grow. You don't need permission to change your life. You don't need someone's opinion to grant you happiness. You need action.







What rule are you willing to break ?

What are willing to do different to create growth in your life ?

What are you willing to do different today to create happiness in your life ?

Whose opinion are you no longer willing to see as authorization for freedom and permission for change in your life ?