MOTION AIN'T ALWAYS PROGRESS

Such is the nature of the universe that it is governed by certain laws. These laws do not require us to like them or agree with them, but we would do well to take heed of them. A true law can never really be broken. It can perhaps be counter-acted or resisted with a certain amount of pressure or force, but in the end, the law always wins. Why? Because the law expends no energy existing as it is. It can rest in that state infinitely. Any effort to resist it however, is eventually doomed to exhaustion, and to the subsequent consequences of standing in opposition to that law.

As it is with the universe, so it is with the human condition. We, too, are governed by laws. One such law, as I have heard it referred to, is the law of work. Simply put, the law of work states that nothing starved of attention and effort ever improves on its own. Never. Things that are left to neglect, are ultimately left to ruin or to loss. That's the problem with stagnation - things don't actually stop. They rot.

At any given point in time, our minds and our bodies are in a state of motion. However, motion is no guarantee of progress. A state of decline is just as legitimately a form of motion as is a state of improvement. What it effectively means is that motion holds absolutely no value in and of itself without intentional constructive and healthy focus. The path to satisfying and fruitful development is journeyed only as a result of systematic and consistent decisions to embrace it, or through actively positioning ourselves in an environment where flourishing can naturally take place.

What's the alternative? The news ain't good. We can wilfully throw ourselves into the pursuit of ruin. That shall surely suck. We can choose apathy, and while it may take a little longer, ruin will come just the same. That is the law. What we don't use, we lose. Period. There is no such thing as stationery. There is only growth or degradation, and without purposefully choosing growth, we have intentionally or by default made bed-mates with the latter, in which case, being utterly screwed ought not to leave us too surprised.

"I have set before you this day, life and death. Choose life, that you may live." And all the wise among us say...duh!

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Grant Alexander Cyster owns the blog entitled "I THINK, THEREFORE I ACHE.", offered as part of his Cape Town based freelance media business at: www.grantcyster.com