Standards and the Limbo

plein air, 9" x 16", oil, 'Cedar Hills View'

Have you ever taken a shortcut to save time or money? Here are a few examples.

Jaywalking, no-bake cookies, hot gluing merit badges on a scout uniform, drying your hair with the car's heater on the way to work. Not always the safest route or the best quality but at least we get 'er done!

How about computer shortcuts to expedite online time? Easy, fast, and convenient, we want to compress time right? Nothing wrong with that, eh?  

stand·ard  

/ˈstandərd/

Noun

A level of quality or attainment

But what about standards of what matters most. Can they be set and then  changed for our weaknesses or conveniences?                         Does raising the bar make  life easier or harder?        It may seem more difficult at first to raise  our standards but isn't  it like doing the limbo? The lower the  bar gets the harder it gets to do. When  we lower the bar of our standards doesn't life get harder too?                      Does the quality of our                          life change? What do you think?    Can you limbo?