To laugh is to risk appearing the fool,
\nTo weep is to risk being called sentimental.
\nTo reach out to another is to risk involvement.
\nTo expose feelings is to risk showing your true self.
\nTo place your ideas and your dreams before the crowd,
\nis to risk being called naive.
\nTo love is to risk not being loved in return.
\nTo live is to risk dying.
\nTo hope is to risk despair,
\nTo try is to risk failure.
\nBut risks must be taken,
\nbecause the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing.
\nThe person who risks nothing, does nothing,
\nhas nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing.
\nHe may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn,
\nfeel, change, grow or love.
\nChained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom.
\nOnly the person who risks is truly free.<\/p>\n
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