{"id":61660,"date":"2016-06-22T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=61660"},"modified":"2016-06-21T22:46:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T05:46:00","slug":"risk-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/22\/risk-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Wise Words On Wednesday: Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"William<\/p>\n

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,
\nTo weep is to risk appearing sentimental
\nTo reach out to another is to risk involvement,
\nTo expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
\nTo place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
\nTo love is to risk not being loved in return,
\nTo hope is to risk despair,
\nTo try is to risk failure.<\/p>\n

But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
\nThe person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
\nHe may avoid suffering and sorrow,
\nBut he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
\nChained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom.
\nOnly a person who risks is free.<\/p>\n

The pessimist complains about the wind;
\nThe optimist expects it to change;
\nAnd the realist adjusts the sails.<\/p>\n

– William Arthur Ward<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool, To weep is to risk appearing sentimental To reach out to another is to risk involvement, To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss To love is to risk not being loved in return, To hope<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[3718,3719,3717],"class_list":["post-61660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","tag-poem","tag-risk","tag-william-ward"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61662,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61660\/revisions\/61662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}