Yet, oddly enough, it died.
Apparently there is something about all living creatures, even amoebas, that
demands challenge. We require change, adaptation, and challenge the way we
require food and air. Comfort alone will kill us.
When teachers want students to grow, they don't give them answers-they give them
problems! ("If a train leaves Cleveland at 3:00 going 50 m.p.h....") It is only
in the process of accepting and solving problems that our ability to think
creatively is enhanced, our persistence is strengthened, and our self-confidence
is deepened. If someone gives me the answers, I may get a good score on a test,
but I will not have grown. Just as our bodies simply will not grow stronger
without being challenged to the point of exertion, so it is with our mind and
spirit. Comfort is not an adequate excuse for an unopened gift.
Ortberg, John. If you Want to Walk on Water, you’ve got to Get Out of the Boat..
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 2001, p. 47.
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