the rules were meant to be broken... right?

So this week I have found myself wondering, how can I push the limits?  I mean, were the rules meant to be broken, or meant to be followed? I guess this depends on the rule and the individual's perspective.  Sometimes there is a thrill involved in testing the limits, but more importantly sometimes you just need to experience life and it's consequences for yourself. Even if that means making mistakes and pushing the set standards. This idea can be put into actions as well as in thought and in the questioning of age old traditions.  If you don't question and push the boundaries of what you have always been told, then how do you know that something is true.  I have made mistakes, like any other person and, like any other person I have figured out that I am not invincible. A painful experience, but true and necessary in life.  I have also had doubts and questions, like any other person. All I am saying is I just think that people need to push life to it's limits sometimes to figure it out. I am so much better and wiser than I have been in the past and I am thankful that finally the blinders are off of my eyes.