Willing to Pay the Price?

I man who was considered "different" was consequently judged mostly negatively. Nevertheless, he remained faithful to himself and chose to carry on his existence according to his principles and beliefs. He had to face many challenges, but he never complained. When he was older, he said: "I lived the life I wanted to live, and I paid the price." Doesn't this make you think about your own life? About the way you are living it? About what you do about it? About your awareness or lack of awareness of the capability you have of changing what you need to change? Most of all, would you be ready to pay the price to achieve the freedom of choice you are secretly longing for?