The Cost

Bumpers forgive: this is one of the reasons we like them.

When shit goes bad and we need to drop the bar, bumpers bounce. There is no permanent mark of our mistake, no forever heralding of our error, no scar that points to what we did wrong. No huge clang of metal plates announcing another failure. No dent in the wooden floor.

But we trick ourselves if we think they are safe.

No act in the gym or in life is really safe. All things have their dangers, their costs, their price.

The real question posed to us is whether we are willing to pay the price. Whether we can stomach the cost. Whether it – this thing we want – is worth the cost.

No one knows that answer but you.

What in your life is worth the cost?

This PR, that new skill, the blossoming of a relationship? What are you willing to pay and how will you pay it?

Everything has a price.

Decide what you are willing to pay.

Then shut up and pay it.