The Morning Oracle
Make the Path Easier to Enter
Practical mercy arranges the environment so the next right act is easier to enter.
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Richard Nkwenti
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Discipline is often asked to perform work that design could have done. We leave distraction within reach, make the useful task difficult to begin, then accuse character when attention wanders.
Arrange the path. Put the book where the hand will find it. Open the document. Prepare the shoes. Remove one invitation to abandon yourself.
Willpower is precious; do not spend it proving that you can resist what never needed to be present.
A faithful life is helped by practical mercy. Build an environment that makes the next right act easier to enter, then let repetition turn the doorway into a road.