Doing what is right costs. It costs something we value; something which hurts to lose. As such, it becomes easier to hold onto what we give worth,  than to let it go and invest in the greater good. And within the good that is lost is the cost we pay for placing more value on ourselves than on others. Holding onto to more in hopes of losing less only has true worth if others see that value. And no one places worth on selfishness and arrogance because they gain nothing from it. They value what is gained more by others’ humility and sacrifice.

C.L. Harmon