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THE DILEMMA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Brown)
Thu Apr 17 11:46:28 1997
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 10:45:21 -0500
Reply-To: Tom Brown <tebrown@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu>
From: Tom Brown <tebrown@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Pass it on as you will.
>
>THE DILEMMA
>To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
>To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
>To reach out for another is to risk involvement
>To expose feelings is to risk rejection.
>To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule.
>To love is to risk not being loved in return.
>To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure.
>But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk
>nothing.
>The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
>He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or
>love. Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave. He has forfeited his freedom.
>Only a person who dares o risk is free.
> "Be the job large or small, do it right or not at all."
>
> "THOUSANDS WILL TELL YOU THAT IT CANNOT BE DONE. THOUSANDS WILL TELL
> YOU THAT YOU WILL FAIL. BUT ONLY YOU CHILD WILL KNOW HOW FAR YOU CAN
> SAIL, SO SAY TO YOURSELF, "I SHALL NOT FAIL."
> ---Marva N. Collins
>
