How do we Break the Roles we've chosen?

Why does a drop of water follow the riverbed?  Because that is all it has ever known, all it will ever know.  It will follow that riverbed clear to the ocean, until it is swallowed up by the sky and sent down to begin its life again.  And we are all drops of water in riverbeds of our choosing.

Careers.  Relationships.  Personal hobbies, interests, even sports teams are all roles that we have chosen to fulfill in our lives.  To become part of something greater, we define ourselves as part of a group, rather than as an individual.  To do so grants each and every one of us power, the power of the majority, of belonging.  And deprives us all of choice.  And what is more important: the power to follow, or the choice of nothing?

We all must make our decisions of whether or not to be a part of society, of society’s rules.  Follow them and you have untold opportunities in the field of your ability and stomach for boredom.  Break these rules and you will be cast out, free in your insanity and ramblings against the status quo.
Society only works if we understand how to best facilitate it.  But our individualism demands that we don't simply settle into a role.  While I personally love to be known as an individual, I also love to help everybody, and sometimes I must set aside my differences in deference to order.

I am rambling.  What is the point of this diatribe, to challenge what is?  No, simply to reveal what we know to be true.  There are roles that we all fill, and we must understand what they are if we are to overcome them.  To overcome, not to break away from or distance ourselves.  If we understand our roles in society, we can fulfill our self-imposed destinies and in doing so fulfill our greatest dreams.

Why does a drop of water follow the riverbed?  What would it do if it tried to leave?  And what would happen if it had help?

The ramblings of a radical citizen.