Risk by Hugh Prather
To laugh, is to risk playing the fool
To weep, is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another, is to risk involvement
To expose feelings, is to risk exposing our true selves
To put your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk 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 at all, is to risk failure
But risk must be taken
Because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing
They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they simply cannot learn, change, feel, grow, love, live…
Chained by their attitudes they are slaves
Only the person who risks is free!
Look me in the eye
Look me in the eye, its okay if your scared so am I. But we’re scared for different reasons. I’m scared of what i won’t become and your scared of what I could become. Look at me, I won’t let myself end where I started, I won’t let myself finish where I began. I know what is within me, even if you can’t see it yet. Look me in the eyes, I have something more important that courage. I have patience, I will become what I know I am.
