Here are some words to live by
“Risk”
To laugh is a risk of appearing foolish.
To weep is a risk of appearing sentimental,
To reach out for another is a risk of involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self,
To play your ideals, yours dreams before the crowd
is to risk their loss..
to love is a risk of not being loved in return,
to live is a risk of dying, to hope is to risk despair.
To try is a risk of failure.
But risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard
In life is to risk nothing,
The person who risk nothing does nothing, but has
nothing and is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply
Cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love.
Chained by hia certitudes, he is a slave,
He has forfeited freedom.
Only a person who risk is free.
