Life is a mixture

SACRIFICE

    

    This is a HUGE word itself, not easy to handle or bare it's results. Sacrificing is one of the nightmares that no one would turn it to reality. Sacrifices would probably happen in your life since there are things you care about, some day you will have to choose one of the things that you value and so give up another precious thing to  you, either it's in your social life and relationships, in work , or on your path to success, or even your health. If you seek success, you will meet up with this obstacle , allowing you to pass to a high score in return to give up sth you want or need in life such as : your strong bonds with your family or friends ( since you will be far away ), your home country ( to move in a strange country ), your luxurious life ( since your life will be full of pressures, hard work, and tough lifestyle ). Of course that would happen in other situations not only on your path to success. However, sometimes not sacrificing is better than doing so, here's some points you must consider before taking this MASSIVE decision : 

1. Will the sacrifice serve the goal truly ? 

   That happens so much, when you sacrifice things for a purpose that won't ever be gained by this sacrifice, plus not all ambitions in life is fulfilled  by sacrificing. As much as you value and desire the goal you should also value the sacrifice, since in the end your truly desired goal won't cost such a cheap price. Be reasonable and logical in such a matter, don't rush to sacrifice anything. Don't add your emotions, like: " I can't stand doing nothing", "I desire for this to happen, so its worth every sacrifice", " I should do sth for my love ones ( family, friends, or a beloved country)". Let your emotions be your inspiration, but handle how will this desire be accomplished to reason and logic. Going to a battlefield ( success field) without being trained before is rather foolish than noble or brave, since you won't do any good ( the desired goal that you thought you would gain there won't happen like this). If you desire your gaol so much, then make sure that it happens. Maybe you admire sacrificing ( if you think that it will satisfy you ), but you got to know the true form of sacrifice, it's giving up what's essential for a much important thing to HAPPEN for sure. Sacrificing isn't as easy as you imagine. It's to endure all the emotions that lead you to rush without hesitant or thinking. t's also the find the best way for your ambition to happen. In addition, it's to do whatever it takes to ENSURE that it happens( if you are ready for such a burden).

2. Is there no other OPTION? 

  Which is the most important point to consider FIRST; is there any other way to reach the next level without sacrificing this precious price?? It's important to search for any other possible choices that you can gain what you want from. It isn't simple to give up sth valuable , it might seem to you at first, but that sth valuable is at least worth trying to figure out another option in order to not be sacrificed. Don't disvalue things when compared to the most valuable, you are suppose to compare between which is the most precious, not to cancel one of them denying that you once loved this thing or that it made you truly happy. In the end giving up the most precious thing will leave a huge whole in your heart, but losing a precious thing ( even if it was less precious) will hurt too. In this case, try as much as you can to search high and low for another choice for the sake of  achieving what you aimed for from this whole sacrifice without loosing both of them. 

3. Does it INVOLVE you only ? 

  Is the sacrifice you are about to make will involve the life of others ? For example: Some people sacrifice their humanity in order to gain ( power, control, or money) or to apply their absolute perspectives that they believe must be activated in this world NO MATTER WHAT THE COST, following the saying " The end justifies the means", even though this sacrifice won't cost them as much as the innocent people will pay out of their wrong cruel violent way of enforcing what they believe. Another example, is abandoning the people you should take care of ( family ) for the sake of pursuing a goal or surviving ( as I defined it in the previous article), abandoning isn't moving faraway from them, it's deleting them from your whole life, going on with as if they weren't part of your life. Specially, the family you built which you hold responsibility on, you shouldn't make such a sacrifice selfishly, this isn't only about achieving your goal or not, it's also about sacrificing your family behind, leading them to a hard life that they might perish from, all because of the choice you thought only you have the right to make. The most direct example, is killing someone ( sacrificing his/her life) so you could achieve, gain, or even survive. In other words, committing an action that you knew will cost the lives of your love ones.  

4. What do you really want more ?: 

  DISCLAIMER: This should be considered after checking off that there's no thrid option plus it doesn't involve anyone else. 

 In the end, success is all about accomplishing what you truly desire, and happiness is upon you by having and doing what you really love. So to continue going in life without regrets ( you might feel sad if what you sacrificed is precious to you too) , you should choose between sacrificing or not reaching ( which are the only options since there's no other options ). So ask yourself: Is the goal worth the sacrifice or not ? Will you be happier when you gain the goal or when you protect what you value ? What option will you regret doing more than the other ?