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What Price Will You Pay?

What Price Will You Pay?

Choosing Your Own Path

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Nathaniel Sharratt
Apr 24, 2023
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It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. - Bette Davis

What if you didn’t have any friends, family, reputation, or anyone’s opinion to be concerned about? What if no one knew you, you had no responsibilities to anyone else, and what if you didn’t need that next paycheck? What if those things that keep you bound in the situations of your life were no longer there, even the shackles you put on yourself?

What would you do?

Take some time and think about that. The answers can be revealing and profound. Be honest with yourself. You don’t have to do anything about the answers. Just be aware of the answers.

Once you have an idea of what that is, a vision of what life might look like, then ask yourself what price you would have to pay to have that?

I recently did this exercise, and the answer to the price was that

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