# Chapter 64

Constraints are good, when you follow them.

What I mean is that I found myself driving an antique pickup truck on the interstate at night. This is so wrong for me to be doing that in so many ways. First of all the truck has 55 year old lights which don't work very well when they work at all. Second is my eyesight, because I haven't driven at night intentionally in years, maybe a decade. And add the speed and manner of other drivers and this became a disaster waiting to happen. This is the situation you find yourself in when you don't follow the constraints in your life.

Boundaries and constraints can be your best friends. They can keep you focused and safe and on the road that you need to be on, rather than the road you think you should be on. Constraints and boundaries often define what and how you are doing what you are doing.

Sometimes, the constraints and boundaries will even define what you're doing. There are so many different ways to look at constraints and boundaries. But the older I get the more I find that they actually protect me, and keep me within the realms of my possibilities, rather than restraining me from doing something astonishing.