Living life is a risk. The risk we take if met with balance and strength bring us success. I think it was Janis Joplin who wrote in one of her songs that freedom was just another word for nothing left to lose. I prefer another definition taught to me. Freedom could never be found through rebellion but rather through the ability to take that leap of faith. Which in other words means, having the strength and the courage to leap with conviction. It is about an inner strength that transcends the ordinary and creates the special moments of life.
What holds us back from taking risk is our attachment to things and to emotions or feelings. We fear losing that which we believe we possess. Security, money, pride, ego, and material things hold us into a prison like world...
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach for another is to risk involvement
To expose your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd is to risk loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To believe is to risk failure
But risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing
The people who risk nothing do nothing, have nothing, and are nothing is my strong belief...
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love and most of all live...
