TRUE FREEDOM
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To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
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To weep is to risk being
called sentimental.
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To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
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To
expose feelings is to risk showing your true self.
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To love is
to risk not being loved in return.
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To live is to risk dying.
To place your ideas
and your dreams before a crowd is to risk being called naive.
To hope is
to risk despair, and to try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken,
because the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing.
The person who
risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes
nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn
and feel and change and grow and love and live. Chained by things that
are certain, he is a slave. He has forfeited his freedom.
Only the
person who risks is truly free
Inspirational Poems
