What will you Risk? The caterpillar doesn’t worry about risk. The butterfly doesn’t worry about risk. The seed doesn’t worry about risk. We humans are hardwired for survival…..we are protected by our fears….but we are also stunted by them. We allow our fears to hold us back, to keep us from truly living. I recently was exposed to this Creed and took the liberty of adapting it to my liking. It has a powerful message……
To Risk Nothing
The greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing!
To laugh is to risk appearing to be a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to 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. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk disappointment. To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest mistake in life is to risk nothing!
The person who risks nothing…..gains nothing, knows nothing new, and is nothing more than they were the moment before, the day before, the year before.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow but they do not learn, feel change, grow, love, or thrive. They survive.
Chained by their beliefs, by their judgements……..they are slaves; they have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is free. Adapted by Cathy Follansbee….from the Monkey Creed
