With the ever-increasing developments in technology come our ever-increasing reliance on, and personal expectations of, better outcomes. I was rather embarrassed today (though on reflection quite amused!) when seeking a second opinion on an orthotic assessment technique. I was explaining to the specialist my experience of a recent assessment and mentioned that the technique used was "rather primitive". To which he replied, "Yes, I'm afraid that the initial assessment method is quite crude. It seems to me that a correct assessment was made initially. The trouble is that we as a society have become too advanced in our expectations."
The reminder was clear ~ often it pays to get "back to basics" and not rely solely on what is newer, better or more ideal. Proven practices are most often more effective, because they are tried and true. In "getting back to basics", Jesus summed up the Commandments in a nutshell: "The most important one is this: ...Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
Not bad advice for us to follow. Primitive methods do pay off.
