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 play your ideas, your dreams before the 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 risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing


The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing


He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love


Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave


He has forfeited freedom


Only a person who risks is free














Author Unknown