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The Law

         Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. (Proverbs 29:18 KJV)

        … Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105) 


          Keeping the law makes one happy? We’re back to the rats in the vats. If someone could have communicated instructions on how they could escape or survive, quite likely fewer rats would have died. Where the rats had light, revealing a potential for escape, the rats lived longer.

          In my own life, I generally feel happier and more in control when I have a clue where I am, what I am supposed to be doing, how to do it, etc. In other words, I really prefer having laws or instructions. I know some people prefer to keep options open for as long as possible, but part of the point is that there are options and it is known what they are. There is some measure of light.

          And then there are the folks who reject the light. We all do it. We shoot ourselves in the foot, walk into walls, try to open doors the wrong way, and we don’t understand why life doesn’t work the way it is supposed to. So, yes. The one who knows how things actually work and does them accordingly is far happier than the person who keeps doing the same thing and expects different results.

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