1. The Dilemma

2. To laugh is to risk appearing a fool

3. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental

4. To reach out for another is to risk involvement

5. To expose feeling is to risk rejection

6. To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule

7. To love is to risk not being loved in return

8. To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure

9. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing

10. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing

11. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love

12. Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave

13. Only a person who takes risks is free

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