Outside the Box

     We are placed in many boxes.  Our parents made a box of safety so we wouldn't be harmed by others or harm ourselves.  Society makes a box of laws also for our safety so we don't harm each other.  Religions say that God created His box of guidelines to instill morality and enable us to have a better relationship with Him and other human beings.
     As we mature, we can decide if we want to be boxed in, conforming to perimeters set by others.  We may have outgrown or just don't fit into our present confines.  We can use our freedom, wisdom, and imagination to focus on what we can do instead of what others want us to do.
     We still need to abide the laws of civilization and try to make safe and moral decisions, but by designing our own lives, we can live outside the box.