The Path of Least Resistance

I was listening to a physics lecture today and heard the most fascinating thing. The universe wants things to be stable. It wants things to be at their equilibrium.

Every time that you are unstable, the universe wants to correct it. It wants to go back to being stable. That's what it likes. It likes its own course to be very set. And that's the lowest energy course.

(The professor actually made a reference to the television series, Lost, and the idea of course-correction. Since I don't watch much television and have never seen the show, I don't know how and if that applies.)

However, I love the notion that things will only be unstable for so long and then it's the universe's natural way to stabilize them. If you can stay out of your own way. This is very hard for folks to do! I've seen that in others as well as myself.

What I like is the reference to the path of least resistance, which I believe is the lowest energy course. We hear so much about feeling passionate about your life and your work, being dynamic, to go for it! I've even heard that "if you're not scared enough, you're still in your comfort zone." I'm all for personal growth, but what's wrong with staying in your comfort zone? :)