The purpose of this post is not to add more fear into the mix, there is plenty of that, but simply to bring to the table a different perspective with the hope of evaluating ourselves, our convictions and expectations.

Is the easy road a myth?

I've heard plenty of times that people who pick the easy road always end up last. This is not to say that I disagree or something, but it seems to me like the concept of easy is too subjective to say the least.

One thing that might be easy for you, might be extremely difficult for me. I for one have some interesting quirks and even though I'm not socially inept, or at least I don't think so, sometimes my pride gets the best of me and I deprive myself of solutions.

Some say that there is nothing wrong in asking for help, and intellectually I agree. Sometimes one really has to accept that the weight is too much, and allow people who can help us, people that want to help us, to do so. But, opening my mouth in these instances becomes quite difficult, when in all others it's not.

I question then, if there is such thing as easy, and if the problem lies in the judgement, not so much in the actions themselves. But, for all that I still don't know, there are some truths I happen to grip to with white knuckles.

In effort there is value

And it's because this is the only thing I happen to really believe in these days, I tend to lean on this wall quite often. I mean, there is absolutely no other way for it to be, for it to work.

If there was no effort, no work, then how could we measure value? Where would the value come from? I should specify that within the context of my mental exploration, I'm referring to commoditized, I'm talking about socio-economics elements, and not so much experiential ones, because for those none of this logic applies.

It's also precisely because of this understanding, that I'm comfortable with the concept of value creation out of "nothing", the pebble in the shoe that makes inhabitants of the legacy system seem so alien to us at times.

Effort != Guarantee

The second truth I detest, but I've come to accept as well. To ignore it's weight, is to fall victim to thoughts of entitlement. There is a chance, a possibility, that we will put a lot of effort into something, invest, not only financially but also emotionally and see the sands never sprout a single seedling.

Does it matter? Should it matter? Would you or I act any different if we really grasped this thought, as nihilistic as it may be to say so? I don't know, I can't make up my mind, but I do know that exploring this puts my expectations in check, and shields me, at least partially, from disappointment.

So to leave you with a question, to leave you with a thought, not with the intent of ruining your evening, but just bringing you to "real":

If nothing works as we planned, would it all have been worth it?