Responsibilty vs Freedom

Didn't sleep too well last night due to the knee aching a bit more than usual, which meant it gave me time to think about things. At school this year our main umbrella idea is responsibility and trying to find ways to teach it within the curriculum. There is as an element of freedom that comes when you understand your responsibilities. If you haven't been responsible for your actions then their is a consequence which usually is of a negative nature and therefore limits your freedom. It might be that others can't trust you. If I was talking to the kids in the class, an easy example for them to understand the concept might be. "what has caused you to be at the office rather than in the class or on the sports field?" Lack of responsibility therefore less freedom.
Rules should be seen as a way of gaining freedom and learning responsibility rather than something that stops us from doing things. Why have the rules been put in place? More often than not, if the rules have be thought through responsibly than they are there so that society can be better - freedom. Of course if we don't follow them then we come into contact with chaos.
I reckon the bible and Christs teaching and the reason he wants us to follow them is the same. I choose to follow these teachings and guidelines because I want to not because I have to therefore there is freedom in that. People say there are too many rules to follow. If you see these rules as a burden rather than a help through life then of course your not going to get the best out of it. Yes freedom does come with a price, but in the case of salvation and in a relationship with a God that truly loves us I see it as a fair deal. His grace is sufficient for me and any who wish to accept it.