RISK!

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 your feelings is to risk
exposing your true self
To place your ideal, 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 despair
To try is to risk failure


Yet risks must be taken
Because the greatest hazard in life is risking
NOTHING


The person who risks nothing
Does nothing
Has nothing
Is nothing


Self-realisation is harder than
Self Sacrifice


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