There is Always a Price to Pay – Are You Willing to Pay That Price?

Hello again, dear Steemians… In my experience I have found that sometimes success arrives at the most unlikely hour, and there is a fundamental reason underlying constant defeat in spite of our endeavors. In the face of perseverance, incessant struggle, incredible motivation, and beyond hope, witness, and desire, we find failure at the end of the road over and over again.

Hope and perseverance may be the foundations of success and our inevitable triumph, but when it comes to the laws of the universe and cause and effect, there is another factor that you might have overlooked this whole time. I want to tell you a story.

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In a time that is not long past, a man woke up one day and realized that he is leading an empty life. He took a look at his daily routine, his relationships, his goals and motivations, and ultimately, his purpose for existence; for what is purpose but a reason to exist?
The man was clever. For instead of shutting himself away from society in a journey of insincere self-reflection and awakening, he sought the advice of men who were wiser and more experienced than him. Eventually, he found a guru of sorts.

‘I have been trying for a long time to be a successful man in life. To write the story of my life in an exciting and blissful way. Regardless of what I do, failure is what always awaits me in every deed and every corner of my life.’ He told the guru.
They spoke and spoke, until eventually, the guru realized the problem of the man.

‘I know what keeps you from achieving the things you want. Find me in the beach by dawn. I will be waiting for you.’ He told the man.

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Despite his reluctance, the man decided to go to the beach, where he found the guru already waiting for him. The guru instructed the man to take off his shirt and go straight into the sea. Against his doubts and fears, the man did what he asked.

‘Go on.’ He heard the guru say every time he looked back to ensure that he was doing the right thing.
The water rose to his waist now. He was starting to feel stupid for this whole enterprise. ‘Go on.’ The guru encouraged again.

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The man had had enough, not of the guru and his strange instructions, but of the empty and barren life that he had been living for a long time. So, he continued and continued until the water reached just below his mouth. He turned around to see the guru standing right behind him, and there they were together in the water.

The guru took hold of his neck and forcefully pushed him in the water. The man started struggling, to no avail. He was under the water for a long time, not in the real time, but in his mind. For now, he was engulfed with the most indispensable of his instincts and fears. For now, he had seen the face of death and realized the value of life.

The guru did not waver, but the man came through. He used this newfound strength and state of awakening to push back against the powerful grip of death.
‘If you want success in life,’ The guru said with a hint of a smile on his face. ‘And if you want to realize your dreams, you have to want and need them as much as you want and need to breathe.’

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What you need to ask yourself is: are you willing to pay the price that is necessary to achieve the goals that you want in life? Do you think you need that success as bad as you need to breathe? Do you think you desire it so desperately as to forsake comfort, temporary pleasures, sleep, and the most fundamental elements of what makes us human?

Everything has a price, and the world needs to extract that price before you are granted the things that you desire. So, ask yourself, are you willing to pay that price?

Important Remarks

I have been working very hard on this blog since the beginning. I have a very busy life but I am giving my best and believe me I have shared experiences that I have been coaching thousands of people and I know that the change of the Mindset should be daily. I am already grateful to see you giving upvotes to each other and you can see this with the fact that many already have 8, 9, 10 upvotes. But I'm sure that with the effort of all of us we will see a community with, 40, 50, 80 upvotes and for that everyone should get engaged so we can make it come true. I believe and we can! Resteem...

***Remember Community: Please, if you commented and upvote on a new post I did, please always go back to the previous one because if someone in the community commented lastly because of time zone differences it will be without your upvote and that would not be fair.

You all know the goal! We can reach: 50+ Upvotes each others!

IMPORTANT!!!
I'm reading all the meaningful comments from the posts.

I am here making a list of all of you who have helped build this community by voting for each other who write meaningful comments and soon I will respond to everyone with comment and thank you all because I can already see this spirit being built in this Positive Mindset community and help between all of you.

You will receive my upvote in all material and brief comments I will do this in all the posts I am following very closely and I can see what the people who are generous and contribute to this legacy that I am trying to build with all of you can become reality in a short time.

A BIG HUG!!!

@chbartist