To RISK

"To laugh is to risk appearing the fool."
Well so what? fools have lot offun.

"To weep is to risk being called sentimental."
Of course I'm sentimental. I love it. Tears can help.

"To reach out to another is to risk involvement."
Who's risking involvement?I want to be involved.

"To expose feelings is to risk showing your true self.
" What else do I haveto show.

"To place your ideas and your dreams before the crowd is to risk being called naïve."
Oh, I'm called worse things than that.

"To love is to risk not being loved in return,"
I don't love to be loved inreturn.

"To live is to risk dying."
I'm ready for it.

"To hope is to risk despair, and to try is to risk failure."

But risks must be taken,
because the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks 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 his certitudes he's a slave.
He's forfeited his freedom.
Only the person who risks is truly free.
Try it and see what happens

To talk about something is only the beginning.
Insight is only half the solution.
The rest of it is getting out and doing it.