Risk

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvemnt
To expose feelings is to risk rejection
To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule
To love is to risk no being loved in return
To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure

But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. One may avoid suffering and sorrow, he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by the certitude's, he/she is slave.  Freedom forfeited, for only a person who takes risks is free.