When Rules Are Broken

I think as a human race we all tend to want to blame everyone else or everything else for the problems in our lives.  At some point though, it is a must to accept that the things in your life that are unpleasant may very well be the result of giving in to a temptation or breaking the rules of life.  I say this because I see it happen every day in my own life and in those lives around me.  I guess I feel like rules are set to protect the human race.  Whatever the rule may be, from the Ten Commandments that come straight from God to the laws that are set by each state, the rule is put there with a purpose and with the well-being of the human race in mind.   Speeding, for example, is against the law.  It is not because someone thought up ways to piss off the public by setting limits on how fast we can drive.  Instead, studies and past events have shown that driving too fast for the conditions can lead to an accident.  When someone is speeding along and gets caught, a ticket can be the punishment.  The same goes with the rule about loving others as we love ourselves.  If this rule was followed by more people, the world may be a better place.  However, people are pleasure seekers.  We want the things the we want rather it is breaking rules or living in sin.  It all goes back to indulging in everything that is desired and the outcome of such indulges.  Ultimately, when rules are broken or self-indulging is the complete opposite of the morally right way of life, karma is sure to follow.