Valuable Boundaries

We limit our driving to one side of the street not because we need to be restrained, but because we share the road with others. Both to facilitate flow and to prevent accidents.
So it is in all of life. Boundaries serve to enhance effectiveness and protect against harm. When the limits and boundaries are established by others, especially those in positions of authority, we too easily forget their purpose and redirect our attention to our relationship with the authorities. When we need to question or reject certain authorities, we make the mistake of rejecting the life-serving boundaries as well as the persons, offices, and/or institutions. We validate the idiom by "throwing the baby out with the bath water."
The value of boundaries in life is inestimable. Their purpose, place and design deserves renewed attention for its own sake. The problem of authority abused and authority misapplied deserves attention as well. But as a different subject. Not as a rationale for demanding the freedom to drive on both sides of the road.