Tail Slap is a Colony Scouter resource.
The focus of these pages is Beavers, the junior section of Scouts Canada.
"If you never want to make a mistake, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."
— Anonymous"And I honor the man who is willing to sink
Half his present repute for the freedom to think,
And, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak,
Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak."
— James Russell Lowell, 1819 – 1891 |
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Risks
 To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is to risk involvement.
To expose your feeling is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To believe is to risk despair.
To try 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.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their attitudes they are slaves; they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free. |
Written by a teacher in the Chicago area.
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Last updated: January 22, 2001
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