The Price of Compromise

Most times life throws us on a path that's torn in two: Our principles against our imminent need.
Most times choosing is the only choice we have,
the the choice we make ends up defining our personality for the better part of our lives.
Do we go with the flow, or swim against the tide?
Do we join the band wagon or walk the untreaded path?
These questions stab our complacency especially when a lot is at stake
First one must come to terms with him/herself before thinking of the society
But then where is one without the society?
What does the society say about that situation....
' Nothing goes for nothing' or is it 'no one eats where he s****'?
The choice we face or risk taking is as good as that we do take
What matters most is that at the end of the day we can close our eyes and sleep at night
We can look out the window and smile at the warmth of the sun,
Walk on the streets without having to look above our shoulders
But then there's always a price to pay for doing what the heart says is
wrong even if it's for the right reasons.
Saying a 'Yes' when ur heart says 'No'
Imagine the Biblical story of Joseph
what would have happened if he had said yes when his heart said NO?
Or Jesus Christ,
what would have become of the world should he have accepted the Devil's tempting offer?
Most times our vision of tomorrow is so obscured with today's temptations
that we become enshrouded in our thoughts and selfish cravings
forgetting that Tomorrow will judge our actions today.
The compromise may be worth it today.
The prize may be won now but it's only temporary
Like an injury which heals the scars will haunt U for life
How would Joseph have reacted to the allegation of him sleeping with the wife of a top official after becoming second in command to the number 1 citizen of the biggest empire of his time?
Life is like a mirror, it only gives us what we give to it
Like an echo, it only tells us what we've said before

Like the indian god Buddah puts it....
'a man may conquer a million men in battle but but one who conquers himself is the greatest of conquerors'