Denis Doodles

Risk
(Author unknown)

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to others is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings 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 hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to do nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their attitudes, they are a slave, they forfeited their freedom.

Only the person who risks can be free



So I got this little bit from a post that I frequent and it just hit me that this awareness is becoming more and more evident in my life right now. 'Joyce', the ' bag lady' as I have come to know her, is really living this message. She makes a bag a day and sells it for Darfur. She is raising awareness and being charitable for people who struggle to survive. Her bags are designed and sewn from bits of material that she has collected.... it really is amazing to witness.

What's even more amazing is her heart. Now as you can tell I am not the best writer... my thought process could use a bit of work!! Or rest!! However, I love reading a good post that pushes me to think outside of my current 'self' and be a little risky.

So is sewing 'therapy' for Joyce, does she feel pressure to get a bag done every single day? How the hell does she sew a bag a day, and still have time to blog, feed herself and her family, plus the countless other things that go along with life? I wish that I could spend a day with this woman and have her rub off on me a little.

I'm getting there... but I have so much farther to go.