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The above quote from actress Geena Davis says it all when it comes to living a meaningful life. Taking a risk is one of the few "no lose" situations that life has to offer--if we succeed, we're happy and excited, and if we fail, we learn from the experience which makes it much more probable that we'll succeed the next time around. On the other hand, if we take no risks, we stop growing and life begins to pass us by--there is no more learning and no more excitement. When I find myself in a risk averse mood, I think of the following quote from Theodore Roosevelt: "Far better is it to dare mighty things than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, for they live in that gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." It puts me back in touch with what life is all about.
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