a candle only lights up a room if it allows itself to be melted
i believe in love
to laugh
is to risk
appearing foolish
to weep
is to risk
appearing weak
to reach out
is to risk
involvement
to expose feelings
is to risk
exposing one's true self
to place ideas and dreams before a crowd
is to risk
ridicule
to love
is to risk
being loved in return
to live
is to risk
dying in the end
to hope
is to risk
despair
to try
is to risk failure
and yet
a person
who risks nothing
does nothing
has nothing
and ultimately
becomes nothing
the real world
a teacher once told her students:
"okay, take not of what i'm about to say because this will help you in the real world..."
then her grade 4 student raised her hand and asked:
"but i thought we were already in it."
life as a child, life in school, life of a teen, life with a job, or even life through aging... wherever stage you are... don't believe in what others say... there is no such thing as the real world... there is only one world.. and your standing in it right now!