In your lifetime, should you take risks? Why or why not?
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i think everyone takes risks wether they realize it or not, risks of letting your kids walk to school alone instead of taking them your self, buying stuff on clearance that you cant return and might not end up liking it like you thought you would. now i am not the type of person that has a death wish but i mean at least if your going to do something dramatic make sure its legal and that your not a parent so if something happens you dont leave anyone behind like that. i think people take more risks than they even realize.
176579
You'll never know until you try.  Life is all about risks!  Go for it girl!
977077
Life is full of risks; everything you do is risky. Every time you breathe in and out you are taking a risk that the air is clean and will not kill you. And you survive. You continue to breathe. \nWell, with relationships you have to decide if the risk is worth it. Make a decision and then stick with it. DO NOT look backwards. We can all look back and say 'if only...' but there is no point. You must make the best of whatever decision you do make and enjoy the resultant happenings. YOU have to be in control of your life, not the other way round. Make the decisions, enjoy the results and be in control. Life is great fun if you are. Remember, you are only here once; it should be as happy and as fun as possible. BE IN CONTROL!!!!
409992
How old are you?  Can't you live your own life?  If you make a few mistakes, you'll learn from them.
846497
If you mean calculated risk, Yes. If you mean betting long shots or where odds are against you then NO. Don't gamble at all.\n\nWe all take risks every day. being smart and managing risk is a very important thing in almost all walks of life. Risk calculations involve both probability and consequences.
1135115
Either way the risk is yours. Try not to make it too expensive.
140464
20%.  why do u risk? have it safe with ur wife.
6386
Risk is that you are injured or die.\nReward is that you defended your nation against all threats, foreign or domestic.\n\nRisk of NOT being in the military?  Someone else has to take YOUR place...fight and die to protect YOUR rights and freedoms.
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i think that too many people hesitate when it comes to doing what they really want to. they fear failure. but i think you should take the chance.if you dont,your just prolonging the agony and will question your decision not too for the rest of your life. do it.
957235
Invest some of it in your future or your kids (if you have any) futures. But don't forget that we only live once. You should also enjoy some of your money. Pamper yourself some. You deserve it. We all do. If you died tomorrow at least you would go happy. We have to live life to the fullest. You know that Tim McGraw song "Live like you were dying"? But hey, do what you want to do with the money. It's your money and the choice is yours. Take care and have fun!
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Your life is only as important as you make it.  I believe in taking chances and taking risks - no regrets.
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Here is the bottom line with any surgery at any age - weigh the risk vs the benefit.  If not having the surgery is more risky than having it - the surgery can be considered "safe".  \n\nThis is the type of discussion to bring back to your doctor when deciding if surgery is the right answer.\n\nLots of people over the age of 70 have surgery every day.  Many have visits with their primary doctor/cardiologist/pulmonologist/ preoperatively to get tuned up for a needed procedure and minimize risk from other diseases they may have.\n\nBest Wishes -
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I am asked this question often because my life has been filled with pain and sorrow, sickness, accidents, violence from others, loss of loved ones, and enough sadness to fill half a dozen peoples lives in sorrow.\n\nBut, I always answer, yes, yes yes.... I would do the whole thing over if I had to. \n\nAnd here's why:\n\nIf I were to change one second of my life, that very second could be the one that affected someone very special in my heart.\n\nIt could be the very second that affected someone I have merely brushed beside as well. Like the child I snatched up and stopped from choking on a boiled sweet, back in 1966, when her mum panicked in a bus terminal and I was the only one on hand, just another young mum of twenty-one with three children of her own. (Five by the time I was twenty-four) \n\nNo one else knew I saved that child, but if I wasn't me, I couldn't have done it. And there have been other similar incidents throughout my life. \n\nSo if I changed my life, made it 'better' for myself, then either something that I did, or refrained from doing, would not have been done, or refrained from by someone else, and could be detrimental now, to another's life. \n\nWe cannot change what has been, just because of our personal sorrows, we must not wish to change what was, even if we could, or we could destroy someone else's tomorrows. \n\nAll of us have small experiences, and some big ones as well, that have touched the lives of others, even you are special in this way. Just think, who might just be very disadvantaged now, if you were not the very person, with the very life you live, that you are today? \n\nAnd despite our frequent ups and downs, I wouldn't change a thing anyway, because my children wouldn't be the people that they are. \n\nYes, my idea of who and what, and how my childen should be, might be right for me, but completely wrong for them. so I  wouldn't change a thing. Even if I moan and offer unwanted advice, more often than I should:-(\n\nI've learned long ago to accept the person that I am and the deck God dealt me, since I consider life to be a training ground, for something far, far better. \n\nAnd I wouldn't even change the fact that I have daily pain from arthritis, because through it, I have learned to understand people who suffer more.
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Now there's a question that everybody has to face at a certain point of their life :p If I was in thta situation, I don't think I would. However, you can only be sure if you´re in thta specific situation añd according to your circumstances.
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well there is only one way of figuring this out life is to short that mean sthat we have to takes risk if you feel a conection going on you hsould take the risk maybe hell be the love of your life. Th eonly thing i can tell you is that listen to your heart and follow your instinct.
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Take investment risks. Especially if you are young.
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I think you should give it more time. I can understand what you are talking about when you say you wonder if you should go for something. But me  I try to just wait awhile before I jump into something, but just give it more time. Then if you want to follow your heart, just think it though carefully with whatever decision you make.