<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396652" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Threshold</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The threat or danger of a downfall is looming before us<br>though we now seem poised and safe above all the fuss.<br>Considering the sacrifice and effort made to reach the threshold<br>how can we now afford the luxury of distraction and be so bold? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Until the threshold is attained and one has safely passed through<br>it would be wise not to become complacent with the passing view.<br>The choice is ours and so much depends on our integrity of purpose<br>if we’re to arrive safely and overcome the temptations on the surface.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There can be no satisfaction with things that are constantly changing<br>especially where the effect of change itself is also very wide ranging.<br>In fact it seems such a shame to have to admit that all of this attraction<br>keeps us away from the place that will ensure our complete satisfaction.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When we spend such a large part of our lives to achieve harmony and balance<br>those who don’t make the most of the opportunity are victims of nonchalance.<br>And it’s only after missing the chance to get something we’ve badly wanted<br>we feel a sense of greater loss than losing it after the thing had been granted.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sometimes the fear of failure is not as great as the fear of success<br>which may place demands upon us that cause unwelcome stress.<br>Though rarely one will argue the point of not trying to succeed<br>there are the factors of determination and those based on need.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There seems to be some point beyond which no one ever really goes<br>unless one has the help and guidance of someone greater that knows.<br>They stand poised and ready for anyone to acknowledge their position<br>and is able to take one through the threshold by grace of their decision.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">----------------------</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Krokos">George Krokos</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396652" data-title="The Threshold de George Krokos" data-description="The threat or danger of a downfall is looming before us though we now seem poised and safe above all the fuss. Considering the sacrifice and effort made to reach the threshold how can we now afford the luxury of distraction and be so bold? Until..."></div> </div> </div>

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