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I have found that rarely in life do things resolve according to expectation. It is almost as if by seeking a particular outcome, the universal ebbs and flows change in order to give you a not quite dissimilar result. Ah, but you may be thinking; the universe is not some sentient being that giveth and taketh away. Of course, you would not be wrong in that sentiment.
What I mean to say is that with each choice, is an outcome. Or as others have more aptly put before me. "With every action, is an equal and opposite reaction." While in the terms of consequence, the reaction is not necessarily always negative.
But in the pursuit of power, on the pathway to strength and glory... During my long tenure of life I have found that it is almost always... Negative.