Taking Chances

I came across this while attempting to create some order in the chaos of my home office... it may well apply to taking chances, taking risks in order to make our selves, our families, parishes, dioceses, churches, denominations, faiths vital and relevant.

RISKS

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool;

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, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss or their ridicule;

To love is to risk not being loved in return;

To live is to risk dying;

To hope is to risk despair;

To try is to risk failure -

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