Coloring Books

No one asks permission to color outside the lines.
One either cooperates with the structure provided or one doesn't. The lines are there for a reason. We waste our energy resenting them.
There is a season when it is helpful and we are willing to express ourselves within the given structure. At some point, though, we can no longer express ourselves, contribute ourselves, be ourselves within the lines drawn by others. Life's contours are framed by those who dare to color freely, boldly, authentically. We fail both ourselves and the world when we do not enrich and inform and extend those contours with our own distinct strokes.
We learn life by coloring within the lines. We come alive when we color outside the lines.