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(part one—read this first)
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TRADEOFFS or<\/p>\n\n\n\n CONSEQUENCES – – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is the cost ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is the price ? What is the price ? – – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is your price ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What will you pay ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What will you give up ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What will you sacrifice ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What will you suffer ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n – – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do you want ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do you want most ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is life worth ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is your life worth ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is death worth ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is your death worth to someone ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is your death worth to you ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n – – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is life after death worth ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is life after death worth to you ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n – – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is the connection between– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –(part one—read this first)– – – – – – – – – – – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,3,4,14,7,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-faith_based","category-family","category-financial","category-health","category-inspire_lifter","category-political-cultural","category-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7372"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7372"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7379,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7372\/revisions\/7379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Is life a deal, a tradeoff—maneuvering to get the most of what you want while giving up the least to get it ?
What,<\/span> or Who<\/span>, are you dealing with, in life—in real life—in your life ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is life a choice, with consequences—finding what is most important—deciding to get what is most important, whatever it costs—accepting and living with the consequences—never looking back ?
What<\/span>, or Who<\/span>, are you choosing—always looking ahead—all the way ahead ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– of satisfaction ?
– of making money ?
– of getting rich ?
– of security ?
– of contentment ?
– of freedom ?
– of goals ?
– of accomplishment ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– of integrity ?
– of faithfulness ?
– of faith ?
– of love ?
– of relationships ?
– of happiness ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— the price of life now ?
and
— the price of life after now ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was written with questions only, to get you to think—think first about your life, your ambitions, your pursuits—and not immediately react to my answers, or anybody else’s answers, to life.
If we cannot get an honest evaluation of our life, we will never make honest decisions that last.
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(part two—later)
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