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Don’t Get into the Trap of Convenience (9)
In our hunger for shortcuts, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is easily tossed aside. What’s the remedy? Well, there’s a lot to be said for taking the narrow road, the long way, the switchback trail, especially in the way we treat people.
Don’t Get into the Trap of Convenience (8)
But otherwise polite people are willing to do almost anything for the sake of a shortcut. Or what about stoplights at an intersection? The yellow light typically means yield, caution, slow—but apparently not where I live. Here the amber light seems to be a signal for many drivers to take a shortcut, to put the pedal to the metal and push through the light before it turns red.
Don’t Get into the Trap of Convenience (7)
The effect, in other words, is cumulative. And what does that have to do with time? Just about everything. It has to do with quality and quantity. Quality refers to how good something is. Quantity refers to a number or amount.
Don’t Get into the Trap of Convenience (6)
The narrow way, the harder way, the zigzagging path up the mountain, may take a little longer, but it is the life-filled way. It is the way to nurture and preserve what is worth having in life. What am I getting at? Just this:
Don’t Get into the Trap of Convenience (5)
And taking shortcuts in the way we treat others—something that is all too common in our materialistic, convenience-loving society—inevitably erodes both our intimate relationships and the civility of our interactions with people on the street.