The hard stuff.
March 1, 2007
My kids’ pediatrician has a saying, “What is easy becomes hard. What is hard becomes easy.”
He’s referring to things like having your baby in a crib versus letting your baby sleep next to you. It’s hard to let a baby “cry it out”–but it becomes easier. If you let your baby sleep in the big bed…that’s easy for a while (no tears!), but it becomes hard when they are big enough that they are taking up a lot of space. Think about this concept in relationship to pacifiers–easy at first, but it can be hard to take a pacificer away from a four year old!
So, I’ve used this notion as a guiding principles when it comes to child-rearing.
But, I realize it has a place in my own life, as well. From self-control in eating, to writing on a regular basis, to cleaning the house…what is hard becomes easy. Taking the easy way out will eventually demand it’s payment.
Maybe I should use that as my motto for working out
Because man, I hate it and it sure would be easier to sit on my butt instead.