Solve One Problem, And You Keep A Hundred Others Away.

Everyone should internalize this Chinese proverb attributed to Confucius. Those who act accordingly suddenly have a much easier life.

We tend to stay out of trouble as long as we can. We postpone annoying tasks and hope that we will have more energy to deal with them later.

We come to terms with circumstances that drag us down because we are afraid to take action. Maybe the world will change someday if we just wait long enough.

When we read these words, we realize immediately that these tactics will never succeed. And yet we all act like this every day.

Some of us procrastinate more, others less, but no one is entirely unaffected.

We do this because we do not always realize the damage we are doing. What harm can it do if we leave the washing up for another day? Why shouldn’t we postpone the tax return until the last day? What can happen?

We delude ourselves by telling ourselves that we will get away with it if we procrastinate. But any problem we don’t solve today will still be there tomorrow.

Unfortunately, another problem may be added tomorrow. Suddenly we no longer have one unsolved problem, but two.

An unfinished washing up is a problem because until it is done, we have less space in the kitchen.

A postponed tax return is a problem because it becomes more and more urgent, and at some point, it can no longer be postponed.

If on the last day of the deadline, another urgent problem arises, you are lost. You cannot solve both in one day.

Problems that we don’t address tend to grow bigger over time and create new problems.

The unfinished washing up depresses us and takes away our desire to cook a fresh meal. We order fast food and spend more money than necessary.

Moreover, fast food is harmful to our health. Suddenly we no longer have only a washing up problem, but also a financial and a health problem.

So not only do we have new problems and tasks, but every issue gives birth to offspring if we don’t take care of them.

Whoever has big problems used to have small issues that he did not take care of in time. I am no different in this respect. I still have to deal with some bad decisions from my past. Today I can do nothing else but fight against these unnecessarily big problems.

But it is never too late to change our minds. We can not correct the old mistakes anymore, but we can make sure today that such errors will not happen again.

Let us tackle our problems while they are still manageable. Let us do our tiresome tasks while they have not yet multiplied. If we can do that, our future will be much more comfortable than our present.

René Junge a published author writing on ILLUMINATION.

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