12:14 AM
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out to another is to risk involvment
To expose your 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 hazards in life is to risk nothing.
A person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and pain but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
Charred by his certitude he is a slave
He has forfeited his right to freedom
Only a person who risks is FREE.
