I am always amazed by the number of people that use the wheelchair accessible automatic door to the bathroom at my office building.  The bathroom.  These are perfectly capable, adult men and women with no physical disability and no real reason to press the button, but still it happens.  Taking the quick and easy way out.

As culture, it’s clear we in Western Society have become accustomed to a convenient and very comfortable way of life.  Largely this is a good thing. To our credit, life is better in this decade than at any other time in history.  What price are we paying, however, in terms of our own self confidence and self reliance?  What value might we gain by resisting the flow towards sedentary comfort and instead creating hardship for our own development of character?

By taking the stairs, walking instead of driving, holding the door, getting up to change the channel (or God forbid turning off the TV),  one may just find pride, dignity, and a greater sense of  self competence begin to show up.  Each time you challenge yourself, whether on a large or small scale, you emerge better for it.  You learn something about who you are as a person and walk just a little taller.

Go ahead.  Be one of the few that walk up the escalator.