There is a Price

 There is a Price

Inspired by Stoicism 

There is a price, a price 

Don't be surprised; 

We need to pay in our lives. 

 

There is a price, a price 

Don't be surprised; 

We need to pay in our lives. 

 

The price of progress is pain, 

Pain worth enduring 

For the progress in the rest of our lives. 

 

The price of wisdom is experience, 

An experience worth living 

For the wisdom that stays with us forever. 

 

The price of strength is struggle, 

A struggle worth facing 

For the strength that will empower us. 

 

The price of success is failure, 

A failure worth accepting 

For the success that will define who we are. 

 

Greatness comes with a price, 

And that need not be justified, 

For the glory that greatness will bring. 

 

There is a price, a price; 

I hope you are not surprised 

And are ready to pay to make life worth living. 

 

If you pay the price, you will be praised forever, 

As people will pay the price to listen to you

to improve their worth. 

 

M.L. Narendra Kumar