To 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 and your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss.

To love is to risk not being loved in return.

To live is to risk dying.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love......LIVE.
Chained by his certitides, he is a slave; he has forfeited freedom.

Only a person who risks is FREE.

Submitted by Lorrie Steiner. Author unknown.