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, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.
They may
avoid suffering and sorrow, but they
cannot
learn, feel, change, grow, love, or live.
Chained by
their attitudes, they are slaves,
They have
forfeited their freedom.
Only a
person who risks is free.
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