Inertia

Inertia:
A property that applies to more than just objects.
People are also subject to this eternal truth.
If one acts in certain ways, what would cause them to stop
Only opposition can bring about the change in people.
But what about when there is no opposing force?
One will continue to act as they do until forced to change.
How could we expect anything less?
We all know this philosophy to be true,
Yet none of us accept or admit that its there.
Always saying that given enough time one will learn to do the right thing,
When in reality we know this to be false.
Countless times has that statement been disproved,
Many of which we can recall.
Should we get our hopes up?
Hoping that just this once this concrete statement will have a different ending?
To each his own...