To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,
To weep is to risk being called sentimental,
To reach out to another is to risk involvement,
To expose feeling is risk to showing your true self,
To place your ideas and your dream before the crowd is to risk being called naïve,
To love is to risk not being love in return,
To live is to risk dying,
To hope is to risk despair,
The greatest risk in life is to risk NOTHING,
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing.
Only the person who risk is truly free.

Annonymous

en yao used to say that i'm a "risk-taker"...perhaps this poem will enlighten him in some way =)