Risk

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental

To reach out for another is to risk involvement

To express feelings is to risk rejection

To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk
ridicule

To love is to risk not being loved in return

To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is t
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, is nothing

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

Chained by certitudes, he is a slave

Only a person who takes risks is free.

-Anonymous

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From: dbryting@yahoo.com