Risks-Places Of The Heart

RISKS

To laugh
is to risk appearing the 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 true self.

To place your ideas or your dreams,
before a crowd
is 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 failure.

But risks must be taken.
The greatest hazard in life
is to risk nothing.

If you risk nothing
and do nothing,
you dull your spirit.

You may avoid sufferring
and sorrow,
But you cannot learn,
feel,
change,
grow,
love
and live.

Chained by your attitude,
you are a slave.
You have forfeited your freedom.

Only If You Risk
Are You Ever Truly Free

Author Unknown