RISKING

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your own trueself. To love is to risk rejection.To live is to risk dying.To hope is to risk failure.But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing at all. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change , grow or live. Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave, he has forfeited his freedom. Only a person who risk is free..