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Pitiful  is  the  person  who  is  afraid  of  taking  risks!

You  have  to  take  risks,  he  said.  We  will  only  understand  the  miracle  of  life  fully  when  we allow  the  unexpected  to  happen.

Every  day,  God  gives  us  the  sun—and  also  one  moment  in  which  we  have  the  ability  to change  everything  that  makes  us  unhappy.  Every  day,  we  try  to  pretend  that  we  haven't perceived  that  moment,  that  it  doesn't  exist—that  today  is  the  same  as  yesterday  and  will be  the  same  as  tomorrow.  But  if  people  really  pay  attention  to  their  everyday  lives,  they will  discover  that  magic  moment.  It  may  arrive  in  the  instant  when  we  are  doing something  mundane,  like  putting  our  front-door  key  in  the  lock;  it  may  lie  hidden  in  the quiet  that  follows  the  lunch  hour  or  in  the  thousand  and  one  things  that  all  seem  the  same to  us.  But  that  moment  exists—a  moment  when  all  the  power  of  the  stars  becomes  a  part of  us  and  enables  us  to  perform  miracles.

Joy  is  sometimes  a  blessing,  but  it  is  often  a  conquest.  Our  magic  moment  helps  us  to change  and  sends  us  off  in  search  of  our  dreams.  Yes,  we  are  going  to  suffer,  we  will have  difficult  times,  and  we  will  experience  many  disappointments—but  all  of  this  is transitory;  it  leaves  no  permanent  mark.  And  one  day  we  will  look  back  with  pride and faith  at  the  journey  we  have  taken.

Pitiful  is  the  person  who  is  afraid  of  taking  risks.  Perhaps  this  person  will  never  be disappointed  or  disillusioned;  perhaps  she  won't  suffer  the  way  people  do  when  they  have a  dream  to  follow.  But  when  that  person  looks  back—and  at  some  point  everyone  looks back—she  will  hear  her  heart  saying,  "What  have  you  done  with  the  miracles  that  God planted  in  your  days?  What  have  you  done  with  the  talents  God  bestowed  on  you?  You buried  yourself  in  a  cave  because  you  were  fearful  of  losing  those  talents.  So  this  is  your heritage:  the  certainty  that  you  wasted  your  life"

Pitiful  are  the  people  who  must  realize  this.  Because  when  they  are  finally  able  to  believe in  miracles,  their  life's  magic  moments  will  have  already  passed  them  by.

---Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

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