Do you tend to take the easy way out of a hard situation? Do you realize that you’re just delaying the inevitable and will end up causing more hurt and pain in the long run? I’m not pointing fingers because I know I’ve done this a time or two in my life but what I’ve learned is that it is better to suffer through the hard stuff now than to wait years when it will eventually explode and be worse than if you had just done it in the first place. This can apply to so many different situations. One is where parents take the easy way out with their young kids and just let them have what they want so they don’t have to hear the whining and complaining. But what happens when those little kids turn into teenagers? You will suffer more when they’re older than if you had just told them no when they were little. Another situation is when one person no longer loves another person or just wants to move on without them. It is extremely difficult to let someone down and hurt their feelings. We try and try to find ways out of it or we think to ourselves, just one more day or I’ll do it next week. I know from experience how hard it is to hurt someone, especially if it is a good person who didn’t do anything wrong. But even though you think you’re not hurting them, you are, they just don’t know it at that time. Time flies by and you’ve dealt with the situation and maybe built on the relationship and comforted the other person with words and empty promises so that when you do reach your limit and finally break it off, there is so much more hurt and pain and consequences than if you had just done it from the beginning before they had built upon their emotions for you. There are other situations where you just need to come clean with someone you care about on how you feel about something that they may not be happy with but the more you let it fester the worse the conversation will be when you do finally have it because I guarantee you will have waited till there was a straw that broke the camel’s back and you’re angry. The fear of the consequences is justifiable and yes, it will suck. But when the dust settles, and you’re moving on with your life in a positive way, you will be so thankful you didn’t waste so much of your precious time being less than the happiest you could be. Don’t be lazy and take the easy way out. Be strong and remember that nothing worthwhile is ever easy whether its raising your children or finding happiness with a partner or just communicating your feelings. We all deserve to be happy.