Life Risks

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool


To weep is to risk appearing sentimental


To reach out to others is to risk getting involved

To show your feelings is to risk exposing yourself


To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss


To love is to risk not being loved in return


To hope is to risk pain


To try is to risk failure


But risks must be taken,

It absolutely must be taken


because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.


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

You may avoid suffering and sorrow,


but you simply cannot learn, feel, change, 

grow, live or love.


Chained by your certitudes, you will be a slave,


Only the person who risks is free

-Unknown