TO LAUGH, IS TO RISK PLAYING THE FOOL
TO WEEP, IS TO RISK APPEARING SENTIMENTAL
TO REACH OUT TO ANOTHER, IS TO RISK INVOLVEMENT
TO EXPOSE FEELING, 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 HARZARD 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