To risk falling

The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children.  They became food for them in the destruction of the daughter of my people. The Lord has fulfilled His fury, He has poured out His fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured its foundations.   Lamentations 4:10-11

Pressing on the upward way is at times quite difficult, but to turn from it is to risk falling into the depths of utter despair and destruction.