TAKING RISKS.
In every crisis or difficulty in life some risks myst be taken.' These moments are a test of judgment; there is no action but involves a liability of some sort, and any decision that may be made . can bring in its train either disaster-or a fortunate result. To call it luck or the reverse may sometimes be true, but much depends'upon our capacity to visualise the sequence of events.
Though "look before you leap" is doubtless sound advice, equally sound is that sequel: "Don't look too long." Moreover, "where no danger is, triumph brings no glory."
Few, if any, people exist whose calculations have never gone awry, and there should be no haste to put on sackcloth and ashes, or to groan over a failure of plans which possibly held great promise. But to bear a misfortune with dignity lifts one above the vulgar. —LjC. *
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 162, 11 July 1928, Page 6
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147TAKING RISKS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 162, 11 July 1928, Page 6
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