Every Story Demands a Sacrifice: To Change the World, Change the Narrative

Every person lives inside a story. You may not write it down, but it’s there — a thread running through your life that explains who you are, why the world is the way it is, and what you must do about it.

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And in that story, you are always the protagonist. For most people, that means being the hero — the good guy, the brave one, the victim who overcomes. A few cast themselves as villains or anti-heroes, but even then, they are the center of the tale, the one who matters, the one who sees what others don’t.

That’s the power of story: it doesn’t just describe reality, it shapes it. It gives meaning to suffering, courage to act, and justification for

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