The road to heaven...

Richard A. Dumas:

A corollary: There's many a slip twixt the grasp and the 

grip.

Many would assume that a corollary is the opposite of something.

I thought so too, in school because some theorems had a corollary.  But it's just an assumption, a preposition.

It could also be applied as a reciprocal. But hold on. It is not. Anyway, that aside let us look at some of the well known adages:

We know that the early bird get the worm. It could also mean the early worm gets caught. I can imagine most smart alecs are smirking thinking they can get away with anything.

I have wondered about this adage in particular:

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. So does it mean that the road to heaven is paved with bad intentions?

I can see that many would be be apt to agree. The world is full of such people. But no!

That's a vehement no!

We are looking at the sentence as a whole and coming to our own conclusion.

What it means is that good intentions are not enough.

We should change the adage for more clarity:

The road to hell is paved with inactivity. 

The road to heaven is paved with good actions.

We can look at things the way we want to. The way we are designed to. That is the why the human mind - the human - is so unpredictable!

Think good. Do good.

It's always easier to argue with people and thoughts then to agree with them. If you want positive things to happen think positive. Start with adages. Make sense as you would.

Life is action. Why then restrict it to thoughts only?

Get on the road to heaven....