Sacrifice – has our society forgotten that word? Have we as a society forgotten what it truly means? Try this:
The Law of Sacrifice
So if that is the definition of sacrifice, what is the law of sacrifice? The law of sacrifice says that you cannot get something you want, without giving up something in return. In order to attain something you believe is of greater value, you must give up something you believe is of lesser value.
Society today tries to deny the law of sacrifice at every turn, promising people that they can fulfill their desires without having to forsake anything at all. “Lose weight without giving up your favorite foods!” “Get ripped without long workouts!” “Get rich without having to work hard!” The denial of the law of sacrifice is at the heart of things like our soaring credit card debt (US citizens currently hold $886 billion of it), not to mention our national debt. The fantasy that you can have whatever you’d like without ever paying for it is an incredibly seductive fantasy.
But it is only a fantasy. There is always a price to pay.
…At the end of the day then, the most important question we should ask ourselves when evaluating our dreams, desires, and goals, may not be, “What am I willing to do to attain them?” but “What am I willing to give up?”
There is truth to that old saying that you treasure more that for which you have worked for (i.e., instead of something just being given to you). Looking at the continuing increase of the size of the welfare state
Sidenote: why is it that liberals so hate "suburban sprawl" as productive and successful middle class people provide for themselves yet the ever increasing sprawl of the welfare state of moochers is seen as a good thing? Productive bad, dependency good?
we see less and less a willingness to strive to be better, a lessening of the willingness to sacrifice in the present for future gain. Why is it that many of our fellow citizens are willing to take a free ride (and I know some of these people) and not willing to sacrifice to get ahead?
