I'll hand it to you.
Doing the right thing is rarely easy!
Some may make us feel guilty about our choices... but the funny thing is that nature is actually on your side.
A bolt of lightning (or any electricity for that matter) will take the path of least resistance.
A liquid such as water will sit upon the earth's surface unless it has an even lower point upon which to flow - pulled by gravity.
A chain will fail at its weakest link, the softest or most brittle part of the chain yielding to pressure.
And so too do humans often choose to go down the easiest path.
Sure - many among us will stubbornly choose the paths more enterprising - kind of like how lightning branches inwards and upwards - but these remain heavily outnumbered by those who would not.
The takeaway from this may be that the human individual behaves differently from the human people - and it is as a people that we are more likely to default to the easiest path.
Of course... embracing this does have its downside.
Taking the easy path only seems to work out for those who have their beds ready made, along with their breakfasts, their silver spoons and, of course, their money. Also those who thrive at and near the top of steaming bureaucracies.
For the rest of us, taking the easy way out will often result in us gaining less experience, undergoing less development, and ultimately being less prepared for what life will throw at us next.
Our sense of agency grows dulled. We rest upon our laurels.
We ease into our acceptable level of discomfort. We devolve.
This is not so say that a person who takes the path of least resistance should automatically be chastized for such. Sometimes there can be real World applications to such.
Such might even improve one's odds of survival.
Conservation of energy and all that.
However for those who wish to do more than merely survive - but to thrive...
Well... they see the prize - and the journey towards achieving it may prove as offering far from the least resistance.
Well I hope that you found this topic to be thought provoking or otherwise worthy of your read. :c) Do you have any comments or feedback? Do get in on the discussion down below as I'm looking forward to hearing about it regardless of whether you find yourself in agreement or not!
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