Incongruence leads to chaos

Are you impressed that I used such big words in the title? Don't be - if it weren't for spell-check I would have never got them right. I heard someone this week talk about how Pascal developed the "law of congruence." The basic idea is this: everyone is seeking happiness and that motivates most of our actions. Whether we pick an argument or avoid one, we're doing it because at some level we think that it's ultimately what is going to make us happy (or at least happier than all of the other choices). Are you with me so far?
Here's where it gets tricky: sometimes we do things that don't line up with our personal beliefs and values. And that incongruence leads to a tension that we have to resolve. For example, if I believe honesty is important and I generally consider myself an honest person, then when I find myself lying to get out of a jam, I experience a tension between my beliefs and my behavior. Somehow I'm going to hae to resolve the tension. I either have to (a) decide that honesty isn't really that important, (b) change my view of myself so that I'm basically a dishonest person, or (c) STOP LYING!! Did you catch my subtle hint at which choice is best?
So if you've been stressed or easily overwhelmed lately over "little things," then maybe the real problem is that you've got some discongruence in your life (AKA sin). So take a minute and think about it, because you're going to have to resolve that tension one way or another.

A-Rod

All of the sports talk radio buzz is about Alex Rodriguez admitting that he took "illegal supplements." He said that he felt so pressured to perform at a high level that he made some bad choices. I started laughing imagining what the world would be like if us "regular people" took supplements to perform our jobs at a higher level. Picture what that could look like. Would my barber cut my hair like Edward Scissorhands? Would the guy at the McDonald's drive-thru start serving customers at an inhuman rate (although one car per minute would be an improvement)? Would the policeman be able to eat doughnuts like a competitive eater? Here's the question of the day: what would it look like if someone in your job took illegal supplements to perform at a higher level?