Rules vs. Principles


	Rules vs. Principles

melissawiley

11-18-2007 1:53 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/61cbbc5d-16c2-4212-b725-cae7d86944b8/BA39C300-E4CA-46EB-9AA4-C81124E9F3F3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://sandradodd.com/rules" href="http://sandradodd.com/rules" style="font-size: 11px;">sandradodd.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sandradodd.com/rules"><BLOCKQUOTE><B>A principle</B> internally motivates you to do the things that seem good and
right.  People develop principles by living with people with principles
and seeing the real benefits of such a life. <P>
<B>A rule</B> externally compels you, through force, threat or punishment, to do
the things someone else has deemed good or right.   People follow or
break rules. </P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>
Which is the hope most parents  have for their kids?   Do they hope their
kids will comply with and follow rules, or do they hope their kids will
live their lives making choices that are good and right?</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BA39C300-E4CA-46EB-9AA4-C81124E9F3F3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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