Did you ever read Ann Landers?  Often she went beyond the issues she was addressing to speak with profound wisdom about life itself.  In a piece she entitled, “The Dilemma," she wrote:

"To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.  To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.  To reach out for another is to risk involvement.  But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.  The person who risks nothing has nothing and is nothing.  He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, and he cannot feel, and he cannot change, and he really cannot grow.  Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave." 

And then Ann Landers closed with these powerful words, "Only a person who takes risks is free." 

Thank you, Ann Landers. If you're holding back on an issue because the risk is too great.  Take another look.  It may be that only as you take the plunge will you find direction and meaning.