To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

To reach out for others is to risk involvement.

To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.

To place your ideas, dreams before a crowd to risk their 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 is to risk failure.

But the risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in the life is to risk nothing.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing.

He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but

he cannot learn, feel, change, grow love or  live.

Chained by his attitude, he is a stone,

He has forfeited his freedom.

Only a person who risks is free.