Through The Narrow Gate

Jesus warns that the wide gate and broad road lead to destruction, i.e. "the easy way out" "cutting corners", "everyone's doing it", "it's time you WOKE to the real world.".  These attitudes which focus on ME and dispense with self-discipline and self-control may bring temporary 'HAPPINESS' but in the long run, get nowhere.  On the other hand, the Golden Rule, "do to others whatever you would have them do to you", (Mt 7:12) will get us through the "narrow gate" and bring us through the narrow road to LIFE. And not just life in heaven, but here in the "waiting room to heaven", we can find peace and joy by living this RULE which takes us away from self and focuses on how best we can treat others.
This simple formula seems to be lost in these days of ranting and raving over the past and over atrocious acts of violence and disrespect of others then and now. We can learn a lesson from fungi, the most obvious of which are mushrooms, whose root system forms a network of caring for other parts of the root systems beneath the soil...sending aid to the parts in need and insuring that the entire system survives...Worth a look.
Bro .Rene