C.F. Jackson
02-19-2007, 10:35 AM
Risk Taking is Free
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 your true self.
To place your ideas; your dreams before the 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 hazard
in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing,
is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they simply
cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, and live.
Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave; they have
forfeited freedom. Only a person who risks is free.
Won't Be Denied!
C.F. Jackson
Lighting 1,000 Dreams by the Day!
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 your true self.
To place your ideas; your dreams before the 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 hazard
in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing,
is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they simply
cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, and live.
Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave; they have
forfeited freedom. Only a person who risks is free.
Won't Be Denied!
C.F. Jackson
Lighting 1,000 Dreams by the Day!