6 Rules for My Life

The title is a little misleading as I do have more than 6 rules that govern my personal life.  There are also a few golden rules that I use but this post is about the 6 rules that build the hexagonal foundation of my life.

These rules are actually very important to me and help me to navigate life, stay out of jail, and stay off the radar of negativity.  They start with one rule we should all follow but I know there are some that falter here just like I have a time or two.  

1:  I honor and cherish my parents for without them I would not be the person I am today.  This does not mean I always have to like them.  I just love them and would do anything for them.  This includes elders like grand parents (my guardian), aunts n uncles, any of the people within my family.  You see our parents/elders, for better or for worse, mold us into the person we become when we are adults.  They start us off, and most start us off on a great start.  This doesn't mean financially or being monetarily rich, rather they start us off on a path that will become our runways.  For that much they deserve and have earned our honor, for the most part.  There are exceptions to every rule for the human mind and spirit are a very dynamic oil and water mixture.

2: Do not commit murder.  No matter how frustrated nor angry nor idiotic one may seem, I shall not murder them.  This is an important one.  Not only because it is against the law, but when one murders someone it is not just the victims life that ends.  The Murders life, as it currently is, ends and a new one begins.  One where a piece of the murder has died inside.  Besides the part of the murder that dies with the victim, there is a part of them that turns cold and dark and leads to other rules being broken.

3: Do not sleep with someones significant other (SO).  I mean really this is a low blow to the person who is being cheated on.  Not only physically but mentally.  It hurts there spirit, their person, so much that the mental pain manifests into a psychosomatic physical pain of one type or another.  In some cases it can lead to murder (oh look because I cheated, someone just got murder).  Then there is the loss of trust.  How can anyone trust a adulterer who may have lied about their indiscretions. 

4: I will not steal.  Stealing is bad. Ha Ha Ha.  How many times have any of us heard these words while growing up?  Well my guardians (parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles) knew the importance of not stealing.  We don't steal because it takes others rights and possessions away from them.  This leads to a hint of one of my golden rules.  "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."  I know the pain of having something valuable (not necessarily monetary value) stolen.  It hurts and when it is something that can't be replaced like a family heirloom it hurts even more.  I do not, will not, and cannot cause that same hurt to another person.  

5: I shall not tell a lie about other people.  Yes this includes rumors.  99% of rumors tend to stop with me.  I see no reason on continuing a lie (yes a rumor is a lie until it is proven fact).  The no lying not only applies to rumors about people.  The no lying applies to every other aspect of my life as well.  You see lying leads to so many other issues, not to mention that with every lie you create, you have to remember the original lie, create a new one to cover the original, then remember the new one that was used to cover the original.  Oh and do not get me started on the loss of trust.  Yes, once someone finds out they have been lied to, they will no longer trust the liar...

6: I shall not covet (envy).  I am 100% guilty of breaking this rule way too many times.,  This is something that is internalized.  Very rarely do we share that we are coveting someone or something that does not belong to us and will never belong to us.  This envy or coveting can eat us up inside.  It can drive one to not follow the other rules.