Take a Risk
Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool,
to weep is to risk appearing sentimental,
to reach out for another is to risk exposing the true self.
To place your idea, your dreams before a crowd is to risk 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 at all is to risk failure.
But risk we must because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
You may avoid suffering - but you cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love or live.
Chained by what is certain, you are a slave.
You have forfeited freedom.
only the person who risks can be called FREE.
Hymns
The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to, after the worship service, ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. Therefore, he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought in at the last minute.
The substitute wanted to know what to play. "Here's a copy of the service," he said impatiently. "But you'll have to think of something to play after I make the announcement about the finances." During the service, the minister paused and said, "Brothers and Sisters, we are in great difficulty; the roof repairs cost twice as much as we expected, and we need $4,000 more.
Any of you who can pledge $100 or more, please stand up." At that moment, the substitute organist played "The Star-Spangled Banner."
And that is how the substitute became the regular organist!
HYMNS FOR ALL THINGS
The Dentist's Hymn:..............Crown Him with Many Crowns
The Weatherman's Hymn......There Shall Be Showers of Blessings
The Contractor's Hymn:........The Church's One Foundation
The Tailor's Hymn:................Holy, Holy, Holy
The Golfer's Hymn:...............There's a Green Hill Far Away
The Politician's Hymn:..........Standing on the Promises
The Optometrist's Hymn:.......Open My Eyes That I Might See
The IRS Agent's Hymn:.........I Surrender All
The Gossip's Hymn:...............Pass It On
The Electrician's Hymn:.........Send The Light
The Shopper's Hymn:.............Sweet By and By
The Realtor's Hymn:...............I've Got a Mansion, Just Over the Hilltop
The Massage Therapists Hymn..He Touched Me
The Doctor's Hymn:................The Great Physician
AND for those who speed on the highway - a few hymns:
45mph....................God Will Take Care of You
55mph....................Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
65mph....................Nearer My God To Thee
75mph....................Nearer Still Nearer
85mph....................This World Is Not My Home
95mph....................Lord, I'm Coming Home
Over 100mph..........Precious Memories
Have A Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
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