A couple of days ago, I wrote about the "Path of Least Resistance"... and nature's desire to follow it.
I thought about it more - and can't get it out of my mind...
Harmony requires us to battle our own human NATURE...
The path of least resistance keep us from...
- having hard, difficult conversations that are so fundamentally necessary to grow, to understand, to overcome.
- working our bodies - getting up off the couch - being active.
- facing our own fears honestly, speaking to them and ultimately resolving them... because nature stays away from fear...
- keeps us away from challenging / uncomfortable situations that stretch us...
- speaking in public...
- eating healthy - there are so many easier paths and options at our disposal of less healthy choices...
- taking responsibility... laying BLAME is so much easier...
Human NATURE just like nature itself is thoughtless... it's instinctual... it's primal... and while it "keeps us alive" it certainly doesn't make us "THRIVE"...
"THRIVING" requires deliberate thought... it requires effort... it requires mindfulness.., it requires WILL... it requires COURAGE...
Constantly stepping up to a better version of yourself requires putting yourself in a constant state of discomfort in order to grow...
It is by learning and stepping away from our primal nature that we have evolved as mankind...
And, possibly, as we have achieved a time where we have such great comfort and safety and peace... we are confused to believe that possibly "mindfulness" means returning back to our nature...
It's turning back to our DELIBERATE nature, not our HUMAN nature...
Harmony doesn't seek the path of least resistance... it is constantly seeking the optimal path FORWARD... it is constantly looking for the most AGREEABLE path forward... the most CONGRUENT path forward...
Harmony BECOMES the path of least resistance, within the options that propel you forward in the moment - so HARMONY does become the path of least resistance... but the DELIBERATE path of least resistance... the PURPOSEFUL path of least resistance... the MEANINGFUL path FORWARD of least resistance...
But, DISHARMONY will ALWAYS be the path of "LEAST" resistance... WISHING requires NO effort - and immediately (though only temporarily) relieves us of any guilt or accountability... because it's someone else's fault... it's the universe's fault... IF ONLY things were different...
DISHARMONY requires no DELIBERATENESS... No resistance...
More science... WORK equals FORCE times DISTANCE... A FORCE without ANY DISTANCE... IS NOT "WORK"... An INTENT, A PASSION with NO "Distance" (read progress, read action) is NO WORK...
Harmony isn't a THOUGHT... it isn't A PASSION... it isn't an INTENT... HARMONY is WORK... It's a DISCIPLINE applied through "DISTANCE".. through SITUATIONS, through TIME, through ACTION... APPLICATION requires effort... Harmony IS WORK... WORK requires ACTION...
Disharmony requires no work... because IT CANNOT BE WORKED ON... Disharmony is a wish... WISHES CANNOT be ACTED on... by nature of what they are... PHYSICS makes sense and can be reapplied to human dynamics...
THINK about mankind... and our evolution... how much of what has mattered... how much of what has been achieved that was worthwhile came without EFFORT and RESISTANCE... the arguable part is WHAT was the VISION and the VALUES that were applied to the RESISTANCE... to the DELIBERATENESS of man... but the fact that it was RESISTANCE that shaped our current reality and our evolution is unarguable... mankind following path of least resistance would still be primal in a very different way...
It's an important point... purposeful, deliberate, mindful, meaningful RESISTANCE is growth... it's work...
And, we get not only to provide the RESISTANCE... but most importantly we provide the DIRECTION & the OBJECTIVE to our resistance... THEY PURPOSE of our WANT...
Embrace the resistance...
Be mindful of your nature...
and excited about the possibilities...
of LIFE!
in harmony,
Nestor