Slap on the Face

Some lessons in life repeatedly receive the polite nod of assent and the subsequent dismissal into distracted forgetfulness. Not until reality stings us with a jarring slap on the face do we take pause and consider change.
While related, mental assent and life change are two different animals. The health and capabilities of the heart and will are as important as the health and capabilities of one's mind. It seems to me we have lost access to much of what might strengthen our wills and hearts. So many of us wandering from mistake to mistake. Until by consequence or grace we receive a jarring slap on the face.