Nobody Said It was Easy

Quick exercise: When somebody wrongs you, would you immediately seek revenge or would you forgive him/her? Would you doubt his sincerity from then on or would you trust him/her again?

Of course, forgiving and trusting are the right answers for the exercise. But when the real deal comes along, would its correctness be as obvious? I doubt it especially after being hurt.

Forgiving and trusting are just two of the many obvious choices on paper which seem miles more difficult to carry out in reality. Thus, the golden question, “How come the rightful thing to do is usually the more difficult thing to do?”

Here are my two cents.

Imagine living in a world where we don’t struggle to do the right. Though the struggle is gone, the tradeoff would be the disintegration of depth and insight experience has to offer. Since the right is immediately crystal clear, the confusion and the struggle that humanizes the process get eradicated. As such, our insight accordingly gets strained.

On the contrary, the struggle, the difficulty and the confusion all render the ensuing experience richer of meaning and insight. We’d remember insights associated with experience better because we involved ourselves with the experience every step of the way.

Without it, we would have a much more difficult time realizing what makes living worthwhile. As such, we would not be able to live the kind of life we’re meant to live if we don’t struggle and choose to do the right thing no matter how difficult it seems to be.

We should then be grateful for the struggle that we have whenever faced with the aforementioned dilemma. Though such struggle starkly characterizes our being human, it also serves as our means to realize who we are and optimistically, transcend our own humanity.

Nobody said it was easy but those who have succeeded have said it was all worth it.