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"the road to hell is paved with good intentions"

a well known and oft-quoted phrase.

at first glance, we usually think that it is a 'negative' quote. the word hell immediately turns us off and some people even skim over it if they ever come across such a phrase.

well, someone used it the other day and i was thinking, perhaps we should really look at that phrase. consider it. there are so many ways to interpret it.

one, we could say that, good intentions are not always what they seem. people may not actually be that ... beneficial.

but we could also look at it from a point where it means that, 'to do good is not always an easy road'. it may seem like a road to 'hell', tough and demanding. but ....

i don't have the answer. but, what i mean is, there are often many different point of views and interpretations. while it may be easy and convenient to just fall back on the general and accepted interpretation, things are not always as they seem.

working that brain may bring a surprise or two.