what would you give up to follow a dream? how much could you let go?
would you go as far as to give up everything for a hopeless cause?
very few people, especially these days, would, i think. and those that
have, we call them saint or hero. what is the mathematics of sacrifice? i mean, how do we decide what is
worth it to give up by what you expect in return? how would you
calculate that threshold? sometimes they are very rough numbers,
figured in a rush lest the opportunity evaporate while we deliberate.
much of our experience is like that. hurried decisions that lead to
life changing events. we've all built on such choices in our past. i think no one knows himself well enough to really be sure what we'd
give up for a dream. we don't know what we'll decide in the moment of
truth until we actually get to that moment, when fate breathes down
our neck at a crossroad that will alter us inexorably. i don't even
think we can prepare for such a moment either. i think the best we can
do is hope and pray. i hope Fate will be kind, but i have no control
of that. all i can do, in the mathematics of sacrifice, is listen to
the numbers played by my heart. and i think sometimes, just sometimes, i will play the hands i've been
dealt to their full potential and make good on this life.
ghost
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