Live and Let Live

This statement is easy to say, but a little harder to live by.
It means that you don’t offer advice until it is asked for.
It means that you do your thing and let the other person do theirs.
It means that you don’t push your form of religion off on anyone else.
It means that you don’t push your form of government off on anyone else.
It means that you don’t go to war with someone else just because you don’t like them.
It means that you should not impose your way of life on anyone else.
It means that if you want to be left alone you can be.

However, it also means that if you ask for help, you must be willing to pay for it, in some way.
It means that you must offer to pay for the help you want.
It means that you must know what you want and state it so someone else has the option to help or not.
It means that you must not get mad when no one helps you right away.
It means that when you need help, you must not assume that by osmosis someone else knows that fact and automatically offers help.

It also means that no one owes you anything in this world.
It means that if you want something you must figure a way to get it that does not impose your will on others.
It means soft selling of your product or service is the norm.
It means that if someone else wants your product they can buy it or not.

It means that you respect others rights to exist without you telling them what to do.
It means no guns to enforce your rules because they are only your rules.
It means that if you want something, ask for it.
It means that if you make a mess you clean it up.
It means look before you leap.
It means no services if you don’t pay for them and you may have to wait for the service to become available.
It means that if you form a team or partnership you must pull your share of the load.
It means that if you get hurt you may not be helped so you have to plan for things like that to happen just in case.
It means no borders unless you make them.
It means no traffic lights or speed limits unless you make them.
It means no government is going to coerce you into something you don’t like.
It means no courts to bail you out of a bad experience unless you form alliances to make the court possible.
It means that if you form alliances, you agree to live by their rules and not break those rules.

It means independence in every meaning of the word.
It means no rules and all the responsibility that that entails.
It means that if you cross the street without looking, you may get run over.
It means that what you don’t know may just kill you.
It means that you must become informed and make choices that either make or break your life.
It means that you cannot pay attention to some of the rules and gripe about others that don’t while not paying attention to some of them yourself.
It means no whining, griping, or complaining without some form of action after you mention it.
It means consistency is the name of the game.
It means you do what you say you will do period.
It means you think before you act or pay the consequences.
It means that if you beg on the street and no one comes to your aid, you die on the street.
It means that if you want your windows cleaned and there is no one available to do it for you at the price you want to pay you have to clean them or put up with dirty windows.
It means no impulsive behavior without possibly paying for it with your life.
It means that no one will stop you from walking too close to the edge so you may fall because your cry for help is after you have fallen.
It means having to pay your way through life as you live it.
It means that you and you alone are responsible for your life.
It means ultimate world reality.

Can you handle it?
If you can, good!
If you can’t, stay out of my way because I can.