8 + 9 - 8 = 9

You need to give something up in order to get something.  I remember when I was younger watching an episode of Spongebob where Mr. Krabs, a money obsessed restaurant owner, buys a claw machine and puts it into the restaurant.  Everyone was surprised that he would spend his precious money on a seemingly worthless device. Eventually, Mr, Krabs explains his reasoning by saying something like "You've got to spend money to make money." 


In the book I am reading, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, The main character, Pip, Tells his close friend Biddy that He wishes to become a gentleman.  Biddy responds very seriously and calmly that although she would love for him to be a gentleman,  it could never happen.  Very shortly afterwords, A man comes to tell Pip and his Brother-in-law/ Father figure Joe the blacksmith, that Pip can go to london to become a gentleman, for he has "great expectations".  Only later does he realize that this requires him to leave Joe, Mrs. Joe (his sister), Biddy, and nearly everyone else that he loved.  


In order to pursue his dream, Pip needed to give up something very important to him.  Pip needed to give up seeing his family so that he could become what he had always wanted to become, Just like Mr. Krabs giving up his beloved money in order to get more money.  I guess that in order to get something that you want, you have to get rid of something.  Its sort of like a math problem.  Say you have the equation 9 = 9, and you want an eight in there.  So you add an eight to the nine in the front, but 8 + 9 ≠ 9.  You realize that  you need to take away something, so now 8 + 9 - 8 = 9.  The only problem with this math analogy is that you could add to both sides, which you can't do with a real world problem. If you find some exception to this (adding to the result without taking from the equation), than leave it as a comment.  

And although What Pip wanted after all was to become a gentleman, was it really worth it to leave his family?  I'm sure on some peoples opinions that would be like 8 + 9 - 10  ≠ 9.  Pip Is most likely not going to see 'his family for at least a year, if not longer.  Now back to the Mr. Krabs analogy, imagine he payed in cash.  Chances are that he will never see those couple hundreds worth of dollar bills ever again. Now back to Pip,  if he gets money to send back to his family and/or gets to visit them often, I think that, although it would probably be painful,  Would be worth it.  


From what I've gathered of Charles Dickens and Spongebob,  In order to get something that you want, you need to give up something that matters just as much, if not more.  If you need something,  there is now way for you not to give something up.  But sometimes, usually when there is nothing else to give, you can give too much.  Everyone wants something, but we need to think if we are giving to much to get it.