Risks

Today I had an accident that was very frustrating for my dad. We were just started to paint my sisters room but when dad told me to bring everything in, I tried to take everything in on one trip instead of two. On my way in, I dropped the can of paint and paint went all over the floor. Luckily I was still in the garage. So now we had to spend half an hour cleaning up all the spilt paint and we still have to get new paint.

When that mess was dealt with it made me think about how everything in life has a risk. The most common conception of a risk is when you either get a big win or a big fail, like double or nothing. But a risk is a situation that exposes you to danger. It could be any kind of danger like financial danger, physical danger, emotional danger, etc.

Anything and everything has a risk to it. The risk may be the smallest thing ever but there is still that slight chance of a risk. Even the most basic thing, like going outside, is a risk. When you go outside you could get stung by a wasp. All of this goes back to what Sifu Brinker told the adult class on Wednesday about how each thing you do, like smoking, is like firing a magical bullet right by your head, it will come back in 30 years and you may be a little to the right or the little to the left. Is that a risk you will be willing to take? Each time you do something always look at the risk that come with your decision. In my case I didn’t think about the risk and only thought of the advantages.