“Any opportunity that offers me "success" at the expense of my love for my own life is nothing but an evil illusion. One that will disappear as soon as I "succeed," giving way to the cruel reality.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from Questions Asked, chapter 2
In other words
An opportunity can look like success because it offers money, status, or something long desired. Yet reaching it may require giving up the very love of life that made success worth wanting. That bargain hides its cost until the achievement arrives. The outer signs remain, but the person who receives them may no longer feel at home in the life they have built. What looked like arrival then gives way to the truth of what was lost.
Success cannot be measured only by what a person gains. Love for one’s own life is part of the result. An opportunity that destroys that love may fulfil its promise and still reveal itself as failure.
AI-generated from the author's own text.
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