Just A Thought ~ RISKING FREEDOM

“To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is to risk being called sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk showing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before others is to risk being called naïve.
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, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live. Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave, and has forfeited his freedom.
Only the person who risks is truly free.”

~ Leo Buscaglia ~