Thursday, July 15, 2010

How the hell is bloody Macbeth relevant to modern daily living? The price to pay for freebies.

“I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er.” (Act III Scene 4, 135–137; Macbeth)

Shocking! Yes, it's just an exaggeration. A appropriate way to explain it would be to describe the difficulty of sustaining momentum after being forced by circumstances. The analogy of having to continue with the process of shampoo and wash of hair once you have inadvertently or accidently wet the hair seem to fit the bill. In other words, there is no going back and too late to change one's mind.


In today's competitive e commercial world, there are heaps of alluring offers. It is FREE! Or so we believed. But think again and smarten up! There is no free lunch or free ride, perhaps, just temporarily, but not forever. The must be a catch - once the target has been hooked, they will have to be committed, because there is too much to lose by withdrawing. It would be gullible to believe that people are not profit driven, it is only a matter of degree.

It is hard to imagine yourself or your friends who are normally street wise could somehow one day land in such as predicament. Is there any sense of continuing when it is unsustainable. Should we just bite the bullet and lose 2,000 days of hard work, time and resources now than to drag and risk losing more later? Maybe it is time to write off the investments, suffer the short term pain, erase it from memory, than to pour good effort after bad? It is a dilemma that cropped up for more than a year and has yet to be resolved. I pray in search for a clear cut answer.

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