Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-04-16 | Page 10 | The Easiest Way

THE EASIEST WAY. Tbe trouble with most people is that they seek an easy answer to a difficult problem, says Bishop Page of Boston. Bos-ton. The other dav I was shown two lottery tickets bought bv women Thousands of people have bought these tickets. Millions of dollars are spent In worthless stocks, oil and others. oth-ers. So many young nun. even well-j trained ones, are impatient of the slow, nivtMltia r,f &arninp rnnnev hv enn . Btructive effort. They seek the easy way " The easiest way is called. b psv chologists and scientists, the line of least resistance " I'suallv it lead; to failure. Are you, unconsciously, following it'1 Most people peo-ple are. You never saw a prosperous saloon with a door that opened outward The door either opened inward or was of the swinging type Saloon keepers Instinctively In-stinctively recognized th prlnc-iplo of the line of least resistance and made t heir bars approachable the easiest way. ' i Few people will use the revolving door of a department store when a rmallcM door is propped open neail Many a mere haul, whose -tore had to be entered by climbing a tew steps, has great! increased business bv eliminating the steps, making the D trance slope gradually up ( onnrvation of energ is a natural law The human body recognizes 1 1 1 i law and "xpends as little energy as possible seeks the easiest wa Without the human instinct of seek-, ing the line of least resistance, there would be little inventive progress in I the way of labor saving device Laziness is the father of invention For instance., the lack which von nut tinder your auto axle whe n you changi lires was invented by Ml Ohio larmer I bo who disliked lilting heavy wag- ons by hand. Virtue, carried to extremes, often becomes a vice Th" eternal human desire to find an easier way, while excellent up to a cer-i cer-i tain point, is the cau9e of most laziness lazi-ness "putting It off until tomorrow." Life's problems are very simple, easily eas-ily understood. Encountering them, , firBt seek an easier Immediate way. then If nono is found mobilize energy ener-gy for quick attack A problem or Job is difficult or easy, according to one's viewpoint. The perpetual per-petual formula for success Is: RefUBC i to be dismayed or disheartened by the apparent sixe of a task Tackle It as quickly as possible Immediately and with all available energy. rf