To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult. – Goethe
Do you focus on fundamentals? I mean life’s basic truths? Can you imagine the success you’d achieve if you’d embrace a lifestyle as Goethe suggests?
These are the things that set people on a trajectory for greater peace and contentment. Or not. Put up or shut up.
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But to act as one thinks is the most rewarding and refreshing. Once people realize this they are free to move forward.
Agreed. To my observation, there is much room for congruence.
Jeff,
It all depends on what one is thinking. 🙂 Taking it one step further into the realm of ethics, I would venture to say that “to act as one should” is an even more monumental task when your thoughts can betray you.
I am sorry – I like dabbling into philosophy. 🙂
Bob
Bob, love the dabbling. It’s open season for dabbling and debating. In fact, the season runs 364 days each year.
On my birthday, I am King and what I say goes…. 🙂
Yes and, who’s to say we use good judgement in the “as one should”?
That’s what is called “the ethical dilemma,” and it’s the source of many a debate.
Makes life interesting. And, gives us something to shoot for.