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The Price To Reach Your Destination

Pain and suffering which we are often forced to endure are an anguish of the mind which we cannot ignore at times we have tried to help someone in need only to receive in return greater troubles to heed To lose the power to do that which is right nothing worse other than the greatest slight while the more we might struggle to be set free the more these troubles increase in their intensity As we contemplate what the end will bring sometimes seeing nothing but sorrow for everything then our friends bare witness, what have we become a confused conscience is all that we have won As time goes by, left is but a single memory to recall when this too is gone, what remains but our own downfall so we seek an escape, some refuge, anywhere to run but we find it is too late, our web has already been spun Everything in life has a price, only sometimes we realize to late how much precious time we wasted, as we approach our final gate while the clock ticks away, and with the inevitable growing near sorrowfully reflecting on our past, for in the end who would care A smart man learns from his own mistakes, this he will never repeat while a wise man learns from the mistakes of others, and becomes complete why continue to waste time, why suffer from that which cannot be made straight there is great benefit in choosing wisely to avoid pain, and avert that terrible fate Reconcile yourself with the facts of life, real happiness comes only with sacrifice it is foolishness for one to think, you can have both worlds living a life of vice just weigh the temporal pleasures you so much sought, and what they really cost in the world of truth we will find, only righteousness is ours, all else will be lost

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