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 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 believe 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, do nothing, have nothing, be nothing.
Those who don't Risk may avoid suffering and sorrow
but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love and live.
Chained by their attitudes,
they are slaves -
they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who Risks is free.
(jameson wright)
