To laugh is to risk
appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk
appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another
is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to
risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your
dreams,
before a crowd is to risk
their loss.
To love is to risk not
being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk
despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken
because
the greatest hazard in
life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks
nothing,
has nothing and is
nothing.
They may avoid suffering
and sorrow,
but they cannot learn,
feel, change, grow, love, live.
Only a person who risks is
free.
Author unknown.
