New feature in the right-hand margin: 'Sticks'

Stick-figure drawing(s) linked under the 'Essential' posts...

Regarding the first stick diagram: if you don't make efforts you get dragged up scraping your nose at each step. When you make efforts and climb up on your own two feet you develop at each step. Either way you'll get up there, but the person who makes efforts will be in much better shape at the top... (It can also be argued that that hook in your heart is what enables you to 'see' the steps to begin with, and gives you a desire to climb them...)