Everything we do or want has a price.  This is easy to see with products or physical items like a car, a purse or a trip to Hawaii.  The price for these is some amount of money.  But this truth extends beyond physical items to include things like a talent or non-tangible accomplishment.  To be an Olympian, a rock star or a mom with ten children (don't laugh, this was my mother's dream since she was a girl... and yes, she realized this goal) -all these come with a cost.  There is a price to pay for things we consider negative:  if we spend hours on end doing nothing but wathching social media, smoking marijuana or just wasting time with friends for hours on end... while these may be fun and may not infringe on anyone's freedoms, they also come with a price.  Countless adults who thought their college drinking habits only cost the money to buy the alcohol will tell you how much their drinking cost them in terms of jobs, marriages, and lost opportunities.  Their are sometimes steep prices to pay for the activities we decide to pursue.  The trick is a little forsight, some short-term sacrifices for long-term benefits, some conception of what is morally good and a healthy does of honest introspection....  all critical components of character.  The story of John D. Rockefeller, the richest man in the world, is both a warning that the price we pay for what we want may be too high as well as a reminder that it is never too late to change and make a difference in the world.  In both cases, the tragic and the redemptive, there are prices to pay.  The question is:  which result is worth our efforts and the price?