Advice from a Bookmark

I just found this bookmark with this poem on it called "Dare to Risk" in my "Faith and Feminism" Book! (Too Funny :) )

Dare to Risk

To laugh is to risk

appearing the fool.

To weep is to risk

appearing sentimental

To reach for another is

to risk involvement.

To expose your ideas,

your dreams, 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 believe is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken,

because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

The people who risk nothing,

do nothing, have nothing, are nothing.

They avoid suffering and sorrow,

but they cannot learn, feel,

change, grow, love, live.

Chained by their attitude,

they are slaves;

they have forfeited their freedom.

Only a person who risks

is free.

Author Unknown