To Risk....

From an email I received from Mr. Irresistable

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool
To weep is to risk being called sentimental
To reach out to another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk showing your true self
To place your ideas and your dreams before acrowd is to risk being called naive
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To hope is to risk despair,
and to try is to risk failure
But risks must be taken,
because the greatest risk inlife is to risk nothing
The person who risks nothing,
does nothing,has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but he simply cannot learn and feel and change
and grow and love and live
Chained by things that are certain, he is a slave
He has forfeited his freedom
Only the person who risks is truly free.



Dare to take a risk?