Passion Island
Passion Island

By Tana Marie

To Risk
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To laugh is to risk appearing the fool
Too weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their rejection
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 that risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing - is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, live or love.
Chained by their attitudes, they're slaves; they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.


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