Most things shrink when you get them.
The promotion becomes a title and a heavier inbox.
The money becomes a number you stop noticing.
The win lasts a week and then it's just the thing you did.
We keep chasing anyway.
Assuming the next one will hold its size.
There is one exception.
Justice. Honesty. Discipline. Courage.
Nobody arrives at these and finds less than they were promised.
They give back more than they cost.
And they don't come in portions.
Virtue is the only thing you either have or you don't.
