by Cinda Smaagaard

Created on: October 11, 2010   Last Updated: October 20, 2010

The easy way out is not always the best way or the wisest choice.  It may seem like the quickest road from point A to point B, but rushing into any decision can have disasterous effects.  Decisions made in haste usually appear cowardly or arise out of some sort of urgency or fear.  Going the distance takes fortitude, patience, resolve, compromise and all those other saintly qualities so hard to find these days.

One example of haste makes waste (and makes cowards of us all) is the simple contract a person may make with an employer, landlord or business promise like a time-payment.  Let's say you have promised a year, but find the environment, people or circumstances beyond your control are deplorable. You want to break your contract, but know that by doing so you will be subject to fines, fees or the ill will of those around you.  The Easy Way Out would be to simply quit.  These are the employees who work one day and never come back for their paychecks or the tenants who dash in the middle of the night.  They leave the other party holding the bag for any expenses and because of their cowardly act, the two parties never do meet face to face for a discussion of what happened, why or what could have made the situation better.

It is always wise to end a relationship as soon as possible if you know that there is absolutely no way the relationship will work out, however, the future is always unforeseen and by making a premature decision which may be unwise in the long run you would have cut yourself short as well as the other.  For example, let's say you do not like the position you are put in at work, but low and behold neither does the guy upstairs and it could very well be that one person's decision to move on can open up opportunity for you at a higher level with better pay from inside.  The wiser choice then would be to not take the easy way out and wait it out.

Cowards are people who need immediate gratification.  They are too afraid of what may lie ahead and certainly do not have the fortitude to go the distance.  Fearful folks always take the easy way out because they do not trust themselves, others or even God.  What they do not realize is that the quick decision may not be the easiest in the long haul.  For example, if one waits for a lower price or a better time or even better weather, all these things combined could create ease of affordability, living freely rather than under a

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