The Cure And The Cause

Modern day life allows us to explore numerous ways to solve our problems quickly. We can easily obtain a speedy solution or a ‘quick fix’ for the many issues we face today. Whatever unfavourable situation we may find ourselves in - whether self inflicted or inflicted upon us - we have an almost unlimited access of help available, to assist us in our search for the fast resolution we seek.

Excessive amounts of time, energy and finance is being spent, in our attempts to rectify or remove, whatever we feel is preventing us from obtaining what we need or want. But like everything else in life, any acquired ‘quick fix’ also comes with a heavy financial cost.

There is an increase in the mindset of many people who feel it is now more favourable to ‘act now, think later’, and this seems to be hand in hand with the decline in the long-standing statement, and practical thought process that reminds us how ‘prevention is better than cure’. And where this tried and tested method of forethought was once at the forefront of decision making, unfortunately this preventative mindframe has now taken a back seat in the mind, of those who are choosing to live life in the fast lane today.

While living our life in the moment and to our fullest potential, should be something we aim to achieve, choosing not to deploy preventative measures to safeguard and protect both ourselves and others, from possible immediate or long-term harm, is not only highly risky, but reckless also.

Every action we take in life carries a risk. This is why adopting a mindset of damage prevention is wise. This does not mean we cannot partake in activities which bring us instant happiness, fun, excitement and an adrenaline rush thrill, but what a preventative mindset brings is the elimination of having to pay a much higher cost in the long term. It removes the need to apply a pricey ‘quick fix’ to a previously foreseeable, and avoidable problem beforehand.

By not using preventative measures in our decision making, we are eventually having to concentrate our time, efforts and money in search of a cure, for whatever we need to fix. When it comes to the choices we make day to day, looking outside of ourselves to point the finger at external influences for our problems, is just accountability avoidance. Our own choices about what, when, why and how we take action in our lives, means that we alone are the only cause, and indeed the only cure for whatever problems we have found ourselves in.

In the same way that we have the ability to unintentionally cause ourselves untold harm and suffering, we have the very same ability to cure ourselves from it all. Instead of wasting our precious time, resources and energy, in a state of rushed panic, trying to quickly eliminate our problems, we can instill preventative measures to ensure we are no-longer the actual cause of our damage in the first place.

So what does ‘preventative measures’ mean? This means we can start by seeking a healthy mind frame of foresight, introspection, and self preservation. We can get to know ourselves better. We can concentrate on obtaining the information and knowledge we need, to help us work on the inner areas of our heart and mind, which encourage us to make unhealthy, unprotected and damaging risks initially.

We have to make agreements with ourselves prior to our actions, take full responsibility and accountability for everything we choose to engage in. And when we find ourselves in uncomfortable or even dangerous positions, we must also recognise that we ourselves ultimately possess all the mental and physical tools it takes, to be the cure.

Resurrection and reinstatement of the highly protective thought process where ‘prevention is better than cure’ is more necessary now than ever before. In a world where we are encouraged to act first and think later, there is an urgent need for consistent self analysis, and good old fashioned patience to be practiced diligently.

We are in a time where we must mindfully avoid the need, to mindlessly seek any form of instant success. This is a period in our life to remember that anything worth having takes time, hard work and patience to achieve, if we are to reduce the need to apply an insufficient quick fix, over our many unintentional yet self-inflicted wounds.

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