The price!

Not choosing yourself is also a choice

And each choice comes at a price!

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the price. Of choices made. Of choices avoided. Of silence. Of movement. Of waiting too long. Of rushing in.

My father recently had surgery — something he could have done a year ago, but he didn’t.

A friend wants to travel to Italy, but his mother is unwell. He’s torn between his desire to go and his guilt for leaving. All around me, friends, colleagues, family - everyone is making choices. Even subconsciously or unknowingly, they are constantly making choices.

And me — I’ve been sitting with my own decisions. The ones I made. The ones I didn’t. The ones I stayed too long in.

And here’s what I keep coming back to: Every choice has a price.

Take for example, choosing yourself — maybe it costs you closeness, maybe it costs you a relationship. But not choosing yourself? That can cost you your sanity.

We often look for the right answer. The perfect scenario. The "no regrets" path. But maybe that doesn’t exist. Maybe what matters more is understanding the cost of our decisions — and choosing what’s worth it.

And an interesting thing is — even when you think you're not paying a price, someone somewhere is.

The kindness you didn’t extend… might have been someone’s only hope that day.

The love you deny yourself… ripples into how you love others.

The christmas you chose to go away with friend....must have shattered your parents.

Energy is always exchanged. There is no such thing as neutral.

So the question is not “What’s the price?” It’s “What’s worth the price?”

In the end, that’s what choice really is!

Not just what you gain — but what you’re willing to lose, break, carry, or shift… for what truly matters.