Rules to Live Through?

Rules For Peace and Joy

The other day I started reading this  book about the rules of life…..  well it included way too many things and it was  intended to be  funny in some ways, however, in some ways it highlighted things that  make  some of us anxious so I decided to write a little about these rules myself.

Okay “the shoes” rules—- If  a house  has  a door mat does that mean wipe your shoes and it will be okay?  What if there is also a  mat inside?  Do  you wipe again and then it is okay or  do you then look to see who else has shoes on and how are your socks today? 

Next there is the  complicated toilet paper rules.  Everything is okay if there is plenty  when you go in and you should check.  If there is not then the fun starts.  Do you simply estimate and hope?  Do you  interrupt  the social activities and ask  the host about the supply or do you  take a chance and then  what is your search limit?  Under the sink and in the nearest cupboard may be reasonable I would think.  Now comes  yet the  next  matter….oh you know what it is… over or under?  Or  do you  simply  place the roll  starkly  on the  back of the stool and hope the host  doesn’t get called out for  not having enough or what?

finally and this is getting worse every single  day there is the drinking water  issue.  Do you ask if it is okay to get a drink and  then is it okay to use the tap and  which one?  Some have filters and some do not.  Or perhaps  there is a pitcher in the fridge and of course there is bottled water and everyone in the   house may not drink the same kind  so who do you ask?  

Oh and for an encore…..where do you sit when you enter the room and how long do you want to wait for others to sit so you don’t  take someones ‘special place?”  

Well you see this is complicated and I suspect some rules  might be posted or we could  just be a little  more aware of others or we  should understand  that these are all just spaces we are in for a while so maybe these debates need to slow down……they will never  end—we are humans not angels.

I guess what I’m trying to say is please let me know your  rules because while I might not  believe in them  i  do not want to steal  your joy…..

By the  way….have a great Monday….no atter what day it is when  you are looking at this….

Peace & Joy