Risk...

To laugh is to risk appearing 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, 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

But risk must be taken because the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, has nothing and is nothing. They may have avoided sufferings and failures but they have not experienced hope, love, change and success.

So risk the risk in life.