A Choice of Paths
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Before me lie three paths: ... The second is straight ahead and climbs the Mountain, reaching ever greater heights. ...

The wye separating the two remaining Paths is still a short distance away. Even after they separate, they continue a little longer close enough together so that a person could jump from the more elevated Path to the lower one. After they separate, however, they go in very different directions. Both Paths continue upward, but that is where the similarity ends. ... the Path ahead is labeled "Comfortable Wealth."

The Path of Comfortable Wealth ... rises much faster and becomes a smooth road almost immediately. To the industrious climber, all sorts of inducements and rewards are available: fast cars, fast planes, shortcuts that can zoom you to incredible wealth before you realize it, comfortable homes and better service as you rise higher and higher along the Path.

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