The mathematician in me thinks there must be an equation by which we can optimize our pleasure to work ratio - the amount of sacrifice as it relates to what we can gain from said sacrifice. Like a best fit line or... maybe similar to changing the radius of a cylinder or the shape a container in order to fit more containers in a box.
It seems to me that life is about optimization. How efficient can we be? How can we make the most of the gifts we have been given, the time we have, the life we have access to? How many lives can we touch while truly LOVING our own life? How can we make proud our parents while fulfilling our dreams? How can we GIVE the most while maintaining a lifestyle that makes us happy? This optimization I think is also known as "balance". At a certain point, price exceeds demand - people are no longer willing to pay for that service... it follows a curve and the optimal point is very small and easy to over or undershoot.
If you give up good things for the possibility of great things, you may be giving up what is good and winding up with things not as good - this is one of the main sources for fear of change, yes? And yet, if you choose not to GO for the great things - you may or may not get them and you have given up your ability to control it.
Things are within your control. Other things are not. Be patient with yourself - sometimes great things come in good packages. Love each other... love life - LIVE life fully and with zest. Go for it.
Love,
M
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