Who Are You?
What Do You Want?
Why Are You Here?
Whom Do You Trust?
Whom Do You Serve?
Where Are You Going?
Do You Have Anything Worth Dying For?
Do You Have Anything Worth Living For?
The entropy of the universe and human perspective will demand that the vision of the future take precedent. However, the course of ALL societal and cultural development requires that the questions be asked. If nobody is willing to sacrifice, or in the most broad and loosely interpreted sense die for the cause, then the cause will not advance because the meaning, intent, and purpose of everything that those things are designed to articulate will have no meaning. You can't do anything without expenditure. Identity, desire, rationale, and the journey are all moot without it.
The point is... the shape of your life, as much as you believe it is ever-changing, will not change until you concede that in the midst of everything worth living for, the ultimate question is if there is anything worth dying for? No matter how much you may gain... the expenditure was, is, and forever will be more relevant.
For the iG, I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees...