pay the subscription fee
Who doesn't want to be brave and honest?
If you want to live a life according to these values, there is always a price you have to pay — and keep paying.
A subscription fee, if you will.
The currency? Pain, and the high probability, if not inevitability, of getting hurt or hurting others.
And when it's time to pay, it's not fun. It hurts. It sucks.
It's what makes living this way so hard. It's why most fail and even more struggle to stay on this path.
It makes you question the whole thing.
"I didn't mean this to happen."
I know. It hurts.
It may not feel like it in the moment, but remember: It's not a sign that you did something wrong. It's the opposite. That is the hard but right path. You can't have it any other way.
At least, you shouldn't.
Because the alternative is much worse.
It's the easy path. Where you never hurt anyone or allow yourself to get hurt. There are no subscription fees and no commitments, or so it seems.
But it's not a free version, either.
Oh no.
Make no mistake, there is a cost. But instead of a visible subscription fee, it's like having an open tab; it grows and accumulates in the background. Out of sight, out of mind.
But you will get the check. And it will come at the worst time: when you're about to leave — when it's too late to do anything about it.
So you must pay with regret.
You don't want that.
Pay the subscription fee for courage and honesty. It's worth it.