“Paying your dues*”; based upon what, or whose guidelines?

Sidenote: We decide who is or is not “worthy of”… worth of this, worthy of that, worthy of us… AND MOST TIMES WE GET IT WRONG!

Man seldom gets things right; he settles for “just good enough” to get the result he is looking for FAR TOO OFTEN!

*and people who are rewarded for, with…