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From: Alan Badmington
Date: 10/4/03
Time: 5:48:32 PM
Remote Name: 195.92.67.66
Hi Gina,
Thank you for your kind comments.
It was, indeed, a pleasure to jointly present the workshop (about expanding comfort zones) at the the recent British Stammering Association Conference in England.
I presume you are rererring to the following poem that was quoted in "Dear Abby":
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 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 failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The people who risk nothing, do nothing, have nothing, are 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.
Kindest regards
Alan