Crossing the line

A threshold is not a simple boundary; it is a frontier that divides two different territories, rhythms and atmospheres. … At this threshold a great complexity of emotion comes alive: confusion, fear, excitement, sadness, hope.*
John O’Donohue

Maybe your life will work. Most likely it won’t at first, but that will give you poetry.**
Yrsa Daley-Ward

On the surface of things,
It’s a thin line to cross;
Beneath the surface there’s a whole lot more
going on.

The line itself is unlikely to be the
source of resistance;
That’s mostly to be found inside ourselves.

My hope is for a world in which
all are invited to cross the line into their
something more;
That there’s a whole load of stuff
going on inside of us at this moment is
our opportunity for transcendence.

*John O’Donohue’s Benedictus;
**Katherine Morgan Schafler’s The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control.

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