Dare to risk

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Dare to risk
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool
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To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
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To reach out for another is to risk involvement
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To expose feeling is to risk rejection
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To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk
ridicule
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To love is to risk not being loved in return
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To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds
is to risk failure
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But risks must be taken, because the greatest
hazard in life is to risk nothing
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The person who risks nothing does nothing, has
nothing, is nothing
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He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot
learn, feel, change, grow or love
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Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave
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Only a person who takes risks is free
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The End