We're All Riskers

"The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing." -Leo F. Buscaglia

Everybody takes risks in their lives, whether unconsciously or not. Every decision we make, every action we do all involve risk in some way. There are obvious risky decisions, ones that affect your health or well-being or life, but there are other, less obvious ones. When you sign up for classes, you take the risk of losing your sanity or dropping your GPA. When you eat junk food, you take the risk of developing clogged arteries or diabetes. When you get a haircut, you take the risk of not having people like how you look afterwards.

There's also different types of risk. There's the "Haha-That-Was-Sooooo-Risky" risk, which isn't very risky at all. That's a risk like wearing yellow with red instead of pink. You ran the risk of clashing. Then there's the "Yikes-That-Was-Kinda-Risky" risk, which are usually somewhat risky. That constitutes the acceleration through a yellow light to have it turn red when you're a quarter of the way through the intersection. Lastly, there's the "Shit-Man-That-Was-Super-Risky" risk, which usually is just scary beyond belief. That would be like bungee jumping out of a plane in which the pilot fell asleep and your parachute ripped.

People all classify their risks differently. I'm not a risky person at all. I'm very indecisive, so whenever I do make a decision, it's going to be one with little chance of something going wrong. To me, risky is arriving to class 30 seconds before the bell rings. I feel like a daredevil. (My gosh, am I really this lame?) Some people think risky is ordering a turkey sandwich instead of ham, or drinking apple juice with breakfast instead of orange juice. Others think that hitchhiking a ride to the Metrodome to sneak in to see a game is hardly risky at all.

The most risky thing of all is telling lies. This goes for everybody, no matter what their risk-tolerance level. I'll just leave you with that thought. Ponder it for a while. Do you lie a lot? Do you take risks? Check out the connection between the two, it might be more prevalent than you think.