Recently I’ve been amazed at the people who want to do things differently because it is easier.  At a recent campout a leader of our Boy Scout troop came to me and said “we’ve talked it over and had a great idea.  We should go home this evening and not stay the night.”  It was a hot day, and we had to make a conscious effort to be cheerful and have fun.  The comment struck me as a way to make our lives easier.  Following this logic, it would be easier not to go camping at all, but we went camping to accomplish something;  not going means that something will never be realized.  As I told the scouts at our next troop meeting, part of scouting is to learn to take anything that nature can throw at you so that you build the confidence to take anything that life throws at you.

On my drive in this morning I heard a report on NPR discussing why President Trump likes to appoint veteran generals to his staff.  During the story Robert McDonald said the following about the West Point Cadet Prayer, which pretty well sums it up:

“Those words are, ‘Help me to choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong.’ And it’s remarkable, but in business as in life, the easier thing is usually the wrong thing to do,”

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/23/545289536/why-donald-trump-likes-to-surround-himself-with-generals