If we protect ourselves from risk, we become dull and lifeless. Although we like security, we need adventure. In order to be fully alive, we must throw ourselves against what life serves up . It does not exist in nature nor do the children of man as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
People in the twilight of their lives seldom voice regrets over what they did, but they often share regrets over what they didn't do.