Risk taken, risks not taken
make up the continuum of life
rather like hills and valleys
that wander through the land.
Well, maybe not the prairies,
but a journey nevertheless.
Some were called brave, or courageous, with an image of
a warrior on horseback,
or a soldier in battle
or maybe the person of
questionable intelligence
skydiving or bungee jumping.
No, the risks I’m talking about
are not for the camera or
the headlines of a newspaper.
Risks like being brave enough
to say ‘no’, to stand up for yourself,
to go against the grain,
to act on belief alone.
“No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.”
~ Chuck Yeager
