...Our minds start processing cost. We start processing costs
in our decisions, and we're recognizing at times when the cost may be rising or
already too high. But lots of times we need to make cost assessments in order
to move forward.
We all face choices throughout our daily lives. And even the
most positive choices have a cost to them. We may decide to pursue a new career
opportunity, but the cost may be forsaking the familiarity and the competence
we have developed over years. We may be losing the companionship of colleagues
who we treasure.
We may be facing longer hours in a steeper learning curve.
We may choose to move to a new home, but the cost may be the expense of a move
and a higher mortgage. Or if downsizing the decisions as to what we are
prepared to let go of. And in either case possibly the loss of dear neighbors
who will become part of our lives, even those things that pull us forward, have
a cost to them.
We may be confronted with painful choices for ourselves, or
loved ones. Decisions about best treatment approaches for an illness. Or even
when to cease treatment. Best care arrangements for a family member needing
more support, we can look at the pluses and minuses of each option. Whatever
our choice is, there is a consciousness that there is a cost, a cost of the
path not chosen.
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