It’s Too Hard
It’s Too Hard
I saw this today and liked it. Maybe you might, too? Needing motivation to do something, anything? You can do it!
It’s Too Hard
Compared to what? Climbing Mt. Everest? Battling cancer?
Anything worth having, or doing, or being, requires
effort. You hold people who have achieved an incredible
body in high regard because you KNOW they worked hard
to create it. You admire their discipline. You envy
their persistence and consistent actions it took to
create it. You want the same looks and thoughts from
others about you.
But what if you could have whatever you wanted, again
and again, just by snapping your fingers? And what
if everyone else could, as well? How much would you
value and appreciate the things you had? What would
you do with your life, if there was no need for effort?
Where would you find meaning, what would give you satisfaction?
The greatest opportunity in life is not for a free
ride. The greatest opportunity is to be fully challenged,
and to meet challenge with effective effort. The things
we value are the things to which, and for which, we
give of ourselves. Some of the hardest working people
are those who are wealthy enough that they don’t need
the money. However, they do need the effort, and the
accomplishment, and the challenge. We all do. Without
it, life is shallow and empty. Make the effort. Do
it now. Start today to meet the challenge.
June 14th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
I am pretty sure I would feel ALRIGHT if I could have anything with the blink of my nose or the twitch of my eye. The great thing about that would be that I would not have to appreciate anything very much, because once I got bored of one thing I could just zap something else into reality. That would be awesome! And since the only things that bring meaning to my life are the sentient beings that I have relationships with, I could just keep them involved and I would be set.
Now, if I could just find that magic lamp.
June 14th, 2006 at 8:50 pm
Ah, but even having relationships with the people that bring meaning to your life will never be that easy, so in a sense that is a challenge as well.
Not an unwelcome one, necessarily, but certainly an effort that isn’t very similar to the magic lamp experience.
I’m kind of with the point of the initial post: I think life, when lived well, should be challenging and hopefully rewarding, but some of the best rewards can’t be fully appreciated without the challenge.
June 14th, 2006 at 9:03 pm
Good Luck with that. I hear it is in the Cave of Wonders.
June 14th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
Everest is easy if you don’t mind cooking your food over burning yak dung, so I’ve heard.
June 14th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
LOVE THIS THREAD!
hi martha