To try is to risk failure

In between a fairly full schedule of meetings in Brisbane, I've found time to read. Borrowed books on development and community work are the order of the day. Here's one quote I thought you might enjoy on risk (from Dave Andrew's Compassionate Community Work) :

Only one who risks is free!

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out is to risk involvement.
To disclose feelings is to risk disclosing your true self.
To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk their love.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The one who risks nothing does nothing and has nothing
- and finally is nothing.
He (or she) may avoid sufferings and sorrow, but simply
cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love.
Only one who risks is free!

(A & W Howard)