RiskMark painted this picture....read it from the bottom up. I think this is one of my favorites.

All the best things in life come packaged in a ribbon of risk.
You untie the gift, you assume the risk, and equally, the joy.
Parenthood is like that. Marriage is like that. Friendship is like that.
In order to experience life in the full sense, you expose yourself to a bottomless pit of vulnerability.
That is the essence of true love.
-- Kristin Armstrong