Topic: Penalties Given Out When Rules Are Broken

Our life is immersed in rules, regulations, statutes, ordinances, and laws of every kind, shape, and form. There are so many laws we must observe we probably break any number of them in our daily routine without knowing we are doing so. Under most circumstances, when laws and rules are passed, penalties are set. Although breaking the rules is never wise, if we choose to break the rules, we must not gripe or complain about the penalty when we are caught as a rule breaker. There are times when we may stand for certain values and we may break the rules of social conventions or we may break the rules set in place by groups or organizations. When we choose to break the rules, we must understand fully there will most likely be a price to pay for not following the rules or conventions set in place. Civil disobedience has been an effective device for social change and making statements about the perception of social wrongs. When engaged in civil disobedience, regardless of our motivation or the justifiability of our actions, we must be prepared to pay the price for our actions. Each of us can be an agent for social change in our world. We must be prepared, when we undertake the task of changing our world, to assume the risk of going against the conventions of the world. In many instances, the risk of going against the conventions of the world is paying the price for standing up against what the world thinks is acceptable or true. Quite often, others perceive us as strong or weak depending upon how much we gripe, whine, and complain. When we remain silent in the face of paying the price for our stand on issues, then our actions of not griping, not whining, and not complaining will often be a greater testament to the righteousness of our position than our act of civil disobedience.

These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
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