Not Risking is Risky

While in London, I met a beautiful girl on the London Underground. We were sitting next to each other, and the course of events made it inevitable that we would begin talking.

After an initial intro-session, our conversation rolled to the topic of philosophy. She seemed very interested to talk about it (and philosophy is my intended major at university). So I thought I'd share something different with her than the usual academic theories of philosophy - a simple but profound philosophy of life:

To avoid risk in life is the riskiest of choices.

It is through risk that we can break through into new horizons of experience.