© 1996 The Fellowship for readers of The Urantia Book
To laugh is to risk appearing
the fool.
To weep is to risk
appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is
to risk involvement.
To explore 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 believe is to risk failure.
But, risks must be taken,
because
the greatest hazard in life
is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing,
do nothing,
have nothing, are nothing.
They may avoid suffering,
and sorrow, but
they cannot learn, feel change,
grow, love, live.
Chained by their altitudes,
they are slaves;
they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
Author Unknown
Forget not — it is your personal faith in the exceedingly great and precious promises of God that ensures your becoming partakers of the divine nature. UB 143:2.4
It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. Psalm 18:32