The road to success has a toll booth — and I’ve only got coppers.
The Sage knows that success is often spoken of as a “journey,” but he can’t help noticing that the road is rarely free to travel. There are always hidden costs, whether it’s effort, time, or the baffling requirement to wear a tie on Tuesdays.
By comparing ambition to a toll booth, he pokes fun at the little fees life extracts from us along the way. Sometimes you pay in patience, sometimes in sleepless nights, and sometimes in actual loose change that mysteriously vanishes between the sofa cushions.
The Sage’s point is simple: even if you’re short of gold, don’t be afraid to jingle your coppers proudly. After all, progress isn’t always about paying your way in full — sometimes it’s about rattling along and seeing how far those pennies take you.
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