Risk

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 the self,

To place ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk loss,

To love is to risk rejection,

To live is to risk dying,

To hope is to risk despair,

To try at all is to risk failure,

But risk we must, because the greatest hazard of all is to risk nothing,

Because those who risk nothing, do nothing,

Have nothing, and are nothing.

Author Unknown