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title: 'Why take risk?'
slug: 'why-take-risk'
date: 2021-05-08
type: 'post'
status: 'published'
tags: ['faith', 'constant-contact-archive']
abstract: '" . . . it''s safer . . . it''s almost always safer." Risking to find better ways to protect humanity and the earth. Risk? Earth? Livelihood? Reputation? I keep training my 3 boys to take risk.'
license: 'CC-BY-4.0'
author: 'Jed Anderson'
co_authors: []
canonical_url: 'https://jedanderson.org/posts/why-take-risk'
original_source: 'Constant Contact campaign'
supporting_files: []
---

" . . . it's safer . . . it's almost always safer." Risking to find better ways to protect humanity and the earth.

Risk?

Earth?

Livelihood?

Reputation?

I keep training my 3 boys to take risk. The bigger the better. Physical, spiritual, emotional, vocational. Risk. Risk. Risk.

Below are a few pictures from last weekend's training session.

Jonah

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---"Big growth . . . big risk." - Jed Anderson

Eli

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---"Life around us is based in probability. You cannot create probability without risk. The odds would be zero if you don't engage probability. You must risk as much as you can." - Jed Anderson

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---"In a battle, or in mountain climbing, there is often one thing which it takes a lot of pluck to do; but it is also, in the long run, the safest thing to do. If you funk it, you will find yourself, hours later, in far worse danger. The cowardly thing is also the most dangerous thing."

- C.S. Lewis

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