The Price of Life
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange
for it.” I firmly believe that what you put into life is what you will get out.
If I were to work at my job for five hours, the amount of money I receive would
be equal to the time I put in. Similar to this what you put in is what you get
out. This applies to everyone and to every aspect of life whether it is school,
fitness, work or anything else.
When I think of the price of something that is paid in time
I think of sports. I am a runner and run because I seek to improve my physical
fitness. The price I pay to become a better run is the amount of life I put
into it. In mathematical terms the amount of effort I put in is 1.5 hours or
5400 seconds a day. Another way of looking at this is I use approximately 359
Joules of energy for running. To an athlete,
runner like myself this is a high price to pay. Taking an hour and a half from
my already busy schedule certainly makes things harder. The use of a
mathematical equation to represent this quote is probably not best. The price I
pay to be a good runner is the amount of time and effort I put in. Perhaps
examining this quote through a historical lens would best defend it. During the
1940’s WWII, one of the deadliest wars raged and many lives were lost. The
price that the US and the allies paid to stop the monster, Hitler can be
measured in life. The price America paid was in American lives. Many American
soldiers died and that was the price paid to stop the axis advance. I traveled a long distance by bus to see
Stonehenge, an arrangement of huge rocks that dates back to prehistoric times.
I paid a piece of my life to see Stonehenge. This price was not in money but in
time. The long bus ride made seeing the Stonehenge that much better. I have
always been interested in animals especially birds. At the top of a magnificent
pine, was the most magnificent animal I had ever seen--a Bald Eagle--was sitting
proudly on the branch. To an ordinary person this might be cool but to me it
was amazing. I had spent hours looking for birds like this so finally seeing a magnificent
creature like this meant a lot to me. The pope, Pope Francis has paid a lot of life to be where he is. To devote years of your life to anything is a high price. Imagine being a service member in your country’s military. Think about signing a contract for an amount up to and including your life. In terms of measuring the price of something by the amount of life you put in, you could say being in the military is paying a very high price.
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