"If you don't risk anything, you risk more."
What could this possibly mean? How are you risking more if you don't risk anything at all.. wouldn't that just be the safe way out? If you don't take the risk you have nothing to fear... right?
Wrong. If you don't take the risk now, you could end up facing something that will follow you and haunt you for a very long time to follow.. Regret.
"Why didn't I go on that roller coster in Disneyland... what if I never go back, and I never have the chance to go on it?"
"Why didn't I talk to that cute boy? He seemed interested, but I got too nervous and walked away.. maybe that simple 'Hello' could have turned into something really amazing."
"Why didn't I tell my parents the truth when I had the chance too.. I know I would have gotten in trouble then, but now they've found out on their own, and I'm in even more trouble than I would have been if I just told them myself."
These are just a few examples of how not taking a risk could result in regret, and risking more for yourself than if you just took the risk when you first had a chance to. When opportunity knocks, open the door! You never know what amazing opportunity could be on the other side. Maybe it's the chance to go on your dream vacation.. Or maybe it's just the mailman. But if you don't allow yourself to take that risk, you'll never know what truly magnificent things you can experience in your life.
