Risks

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is so risk appearing sentimental.
To reachout for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your truth.
To place ideas and dreams before a crowd
 is to risk being called native.
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 hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing,does nothing,
has nothing,is nothing and becomes nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they cannot learn,feel,change,grow,love,live.
Chained by their certitude,they are slaves,
they forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is truly free!