To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is to risk involvment.
To expose 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 failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in live is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing, do nothing, have nothing, are nothing.
They may get suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn,
feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their attitudes, they are slaves;
they have forfeited their freedom.

Only a person who risks is free.

Author Unknown

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