To Risk

 

TO LAUGH

IS TO RISK APPEARING A FOOL

 

TO WEEP

IS TO RISK APPEARING SENTIMENTAL

 

TO REACH OUT FOR ANOTHER

IS TO RISK INVOLVEMENT

 

TO PLACE YOUR IDEAS, YOUR DREAMS

BEFORE THE CROWD

IS TO RISK LOSS

 

TO LOVE

IS TO RISK NOT BEING LOVED IN

RETURN

 

TO LIVE

IS TO RISK DYING

 

TO TRY IT ALL

IS TO RISK FAILURE

 

BUT,

TO RISK WE MUST

 

BECAUSE

THE GREATEST HAZARD IN LIFE

IS TO RISK NOTHING

 

THE MAN, THE WOMAN

WHO RISKS NOTHING

DOES NOTHING

HAS NOTHING

AND IS

  NOTHING.