“Time was when the Will to Effort was systematically cultivated in homes and schools, on farms, in stores and factories. Mean and women were trained routinely to expect of life a great deal of effort and a small fraction only of comfort. In the process, they developed a rugged disposition which means: the Will to Bear Discomfort. Unfortunately, the accent is today on comfort, on fun and entertainment, on making things easy and pleasant.
With the Will to Comfort scoring heavily over the Will to Effort, people are no longer prepared to endure strain and anxieties and suffering. And when suffering strikes, especially the excruciating suffering of nervous ailments, they expect the cure to be effected with the proverbial ease of child’s play and perhaps in as brief a space of time as the average game may last. This means plaing with the illness and converting the business of getting well into a game of trying to secure effortless comfort.”
from Mental Health Through Will-Training by Dr. Abraham A. Low
