TAKING RISKS

To laugh...
is to risk appearing the fool.

To weep...
is to risk appearing sentinmental.

To reach out for another...
is to risk involvement.

To expose feelings...
is to risk exposing our true self.

To place your ideas and dreams
before the crowd...
is to risk loss.

To love...
is to risk not being loved in return.

To live...
is to risk dying.

To hope...
is to risk despair.

To try at all...
is to risk failure.

But, to risk, we
must, because the
greatest hazard in life...
is to risk nothing.

~ Unknown