{"id":681,"date":"2011-01-30T03:26:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T03:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspireme.net\/blog\/?p=681"},"modified":"2011-01-30T03:26:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-30T03:26:54","slug":"true-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspireme.net\/blog\/true-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"True Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo weep is to risk being called sentimental.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo reach out to another is to risk involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo expose feelings is to risk showing your true self.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo love is to risk not being loved in return.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo is to risk dying.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo place your ideas and your dreams before a crowd is to risk being called naive.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo hope is to risk despair, and to try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live. Chained by things that are certain, he is a slave. He has forfeited his freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Only the person who risks is truly free<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>Unknown\u00a0Author<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk being called sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk showing your true self. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To is to risk dying. 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