heads down bottoms up: risk, we must

heads down bottoms up

This new skin brings about a fresh new beginning, a change, reminding us the importance of looking at things from another perspective so that we may learn to understand and accept all that we see for not what they appear to be, but what they truly are.

Sunday

risk, we must

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 loss;
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying;
To hope is to risk despair;
To try at all is to risk failure.
But risk we must,
for the greatest hazard to life is to risk nothing.

I will be taking a risk. I've been patient and now my mind is as clear as crystal. Though i know it's a silly risk, a stupid risk, and possibly a disheartening risk, i will take it. Of course i fear. I fear failure, i fear loss, i fear rejection; but i'm terrified of regret.

"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence" - But i think i will regret my silence more than my speech - i hope.

posted by sciurine @ 10:03 PM

2 Comments:

At 1:49 AM, gneake said…

i must say that the standard of your writing has improved tremendously. must be all the thin books you're speed reading through.
At 12:29 PM, sciurine said…

*blushes*...thanks =)

Partially it's the novels i've been reading, but i think it's mainly because of blogger. The more i blog, the more articulate i become. I guess i owe thanks to u.