Now, five years after the 9/11 attack and at the heels of the scare at Heathrow Airport, safety is on all of our minds. Someone recently asked me if I had been afraid to travel to Nepal this spring, given the bloody civil war that has ravaged that country and the ensuing nationwide strike that occurred while I was there. I replied that although I had considered my safety and that of my husband and daughter who traveled with me, I opted to go anyway.

 

To elicit change, we must take risks of various kinds – whether to our careers, our popularity, finances or occasionally, personal safety. To me, to be ever “safe� is not living – or giving – fully. What do you think? When have you chosen the riskier road?