A rock 'is' like a hard decision, or rather,
a hard decision is 'like' a rock.
They are both hard.
The only difference is the rock is not complicated.
The only difference is the rock is not complicated.
It is the simplification of hardness.
The rock takes it from an abstract concept to the purely physical embodiment of hardness, as a solvable attribute. After all, a rock even though hard, is in the end solvable . Ultimately when placed or shaped or broken or ground up or acted upon by various chemical forces becomes a solution, (in some cases a kind of mineral solvent, if you will)
The problem is how to assimilate the rock-likeness analogy to the 'hard' decision.
The assumption is that there is a better answer, a truer answer, a more noble answer, one that you can live with at least. In the case of needing to make a hard decision there is the idea that there exists an opportunity not to get 'it' wrong, or rather, there is a correct choice that will set things up better, for not just you, but for the general populace .
Setting a rock in the right place, even though it's a big one and a heavy rock and obviously a hard one, is good practice for making hard decisions.
It will likely be long lasting. It will likely be obvious that it looks good or bad after you've done it. In most respects the risk will somehow be have been worth taking.
A hard decision maybe involves a heck of a lot of fact finding and complicated logistics and perhaps even moral considerations.
But here again it still has to do with hardness and determining the problem’s/rock’s weight.
In the end all rocks ‘wait’ to be moved. Their weight and hardness is a given. If we choose not to make the move, it is not a hard decision. If we choose to move it incorrectly, we will likely find out. (and then decide to fix it ) But if we don't choose, we will never know, and to avoid choices may be even harder in the end than handling rocks all day OR making hard decisions.
