RULE TO BREAK
A place for everything, and everything in its place
I was brought up to consider that I ‘ought’ to get up early, keep my house tidy, say no to chocolate, and plenty of other such beliefs. The adults around me were attaching a moral value to issues which just don’t have a moral dimension.
It’s tough enough working hard, being nice and trying to leave the world a better place. It’s quite unnecessary to load ourselves with all sorts of other spurious standards that just make day-to-day living harder – without benefiting anyone. Why should I have to be tidy if I don’t want to, in my own house? Of course I don’t drop litter in the street, but I should be free to leave my washing up until morning. There’s no moral issue there. It’s ...
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