Newton\u2019s laws of motion
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To paraphrase Newton, a body at rest tends to stay at rest until a force acts upon the body. This is like a \u201ccouch potato\u201d(a person sits and watches television or such most of the time) which will find it more difficult to exercise if the current status has existed for a length of time. The long the time for this status more difficult to change the status.<\/p>\n
An Example: A teenager that does not know the laws defining good and evil, will most likely continue to decline in moral and ethical terms as a \u201cI\u2019m getting mine!\u201dattitude, becuase this is the easiest way to exisit. This path of animalistic behaviour is observable and has been observed by researchers. Yet, it is the common practice these days to disavow the need for ethics and morals by sociality and even encourage such behaviour. It is very unlikely that the teen or adult living this life style will be able to break the behaviour without great effort. The first item needed to change is: the desire to change.<\/p>\n
Out couch potatoes can change, if and when they decide they must change something. A walk around the block could be a place to start, yet to be effective the walk must be done more often than not. Seven days in a week so 4 days of walks is a great place to start. Remember this is not enough, it is only a start which will take real effort from the person making the change. The task becomes easier with each repeat of the action, so an increase in the effort is needed to sustain momentum. Like a rocket lifting of the ground, just breaking contact with the earth is not enough, continued energy must be expended even though gravity is getting to be less and distance from the earth is increasing. If you have not attained the desired effect, more effort is required. If you have someone encouraging you, great! The change is still your change and not anyone else\u2019s change, because it is still up to you to continue and do better.<\/p>\n