p. 9 | The Ease of Duty-Doing

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 20, 1910

The Ease of Duty-Doing

ONLY those really know the ease of living who never try to dodge the hard things in life. For the easiest time to do a hard thing is when it first makes its appearance. If we would double its difficulty, we need only postpone it once; if we would make it four times as hard, a second postponement will insure this. And if we would have the drag and nightmare of shirked duty always with us, so that life itself becomes a chronic burden, we must simply make our postponement of our hardest duties permanent. Tribulation lies ahead for any one who will not grapple his hard tasks promptly. Joy and strength and the exhilaration of ever-increasing power are assured to one who seeks the ease of instant duty-doing. We are hardest on ourselves when we try to save ourselves from hardship.—Selected.