To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

To reach out to another is to risk involvement.

To expose your feelings is to risk rejection.

To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk mockery.

To love is to risk not being loved in return.

To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure,

But risks must be taken, because the greatest risk of all is to risk nothing.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing.

She may avoid suffering and sorrow, but she cannot learn, she cannot feel, she cannot change, she cannot grow and she cannot love.

Chained by certainty, she is a servant.

Only the person who risks is truly free.