Just a Thought

What if you could live life without challenges and expect everything to turn out the way you wanted?
You wouldnt have to worry about what the future had to bring because it would turn out as you expected. You'd be able to live life carefree and never have a worry. Sure you'd never stress again but is this really the ideal life? A life in which you never truly function at 100 percent of your potential? One could never demonstrate to themselves what they're really capable of considering there would be no incentive to. I feel everyone needs to challenege themselves even in the slightest ways. Being challenged motivates us to overcome overwhelming obstacles and better ourselves. We all need a little cuts and bruises. It's what makes us who we are today. Henry Miller once said, "The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble." There will always be an easy way out for those who cannot achieve what those who defied all odds have. One may ask themselves, "Why should I care about trying in life? I'm just going to be miserable if I do so. I'd rather live care-free and enjoy my life considering we only live once.". I feel this mentality is severely flawed. I'd rather work my butt of right now as an adolescent and grow up to be someone important and reap life's benefits in the futre rather than live in the now and try to get by in the future. This approach is for those who are muture and take into consideration tha one must take advantage of the time they have and be productive with it. People who think this way tend to be those who succeed in life.