This poem below has stayed with me for many years since I first heard it when a teacher read it out in an assembly at high school. Whenever I'm unsure of something or have faced a big life decision I always find myself coming back to it, so it has definitely impacted on my life. And no regrets so far! I hope you will find it as inspiring as I do.
Risks
(author unknown)
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your dreams, ideas before a 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 risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave: they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is truly free.
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2 comments:
That is soo true! Who wrote that poem??
Glad you like it :) The author is not known/annonymous. If I wrote it I would certainly be telling everyone about it!
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