There is a tide in the affairs of men
[Under development: 3 June 2005 ]
This extract from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar clearly identifies that life is risky ("the enemy increaseth"), but that if we are to live life meaningfully and to the full, it is necessary to take risks: a point emphasised by Carl Rogers.
· What kinds of risks would you not take?
extract from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
The enemy increaseth
every day;
We, at the height, are ready to decline.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
and we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.
