Journal #26 - Breaking the Rules

I definitely think that there are certain exceptions to the rules, but it depends on the situation for sure. It is not okay to break the rules if there is absolutely no good reason to. For example, you can't go around breaking the law for no apparent reason. You really shouldn't break the law at all, but every once in awhile, I think that you can. There is this movie I watch every year around Christmas time because that is when it comes on. It is called "A Season for Miracles." In the movie, there are two sisters. When one of them goes to jail, and is not a good mother to her kids, the other sister takes her children even though she is not their legal guardian and has no money or nothing to offer them because she does not want them to have to go into foster care. Basically, they have to hide out in this little town because she is charged with kidnapping. In that town, they miraculously are able to stay at a pretty house and they meet many people that are very helpful and nice. They end up loving the town, and everyone in the town loves them. When the police find her, she has to go to court and stuff, but it ends great because in the end everyone realizes that the only reason she broke the law, is so that she could keep their little family together. That is a good example of the exception to the rule. I believe that in those cases sometimes breaking the rules are okay, but I also do not believe in taking advantage of some things as well. For example, in the story the lady only took what she absolutely needed and only lied when she had to. But she never took advantage of people or things like that. She never broke the rules unless there was no other choice. In these kind of cases, I hope that nobody ever has to break the law or the rules, but sometimes you may have to.