To Live an Amazing Life, Fall in Love with Doing the Right Thing
The longer you evade reality, the uglier the consequences morph
As a tiny crowd gathers and the trainer fires up the CCTV recording, my mind starts racing.
A few iffy seconds later, I walk up to him with a thumping heart, “Hey! I think while carrying the dumbbells,” and clear my parched throat, “I might have cracked the mirror. But let’s confirm with the footage.”
I had already known it had been me — but luckily, the footage made it look like I hadn’t noticed.
We settle the bill; I pay up, and the crowd disperses. I felt proud and ashamed at the same time.
I hadn’t done the wrong thing by scooting before the crack was detected. But I hadn’t done the 100% right thing either — which should have been owning up to it the moment the mirror-cracking happened.
You Cannot Escape the Consequences
In our causality-governed universe, every action has an effect and,
The longer you evade the reality of your actions, the uglier the consequences morph.