Life without taking risks is not life at all because life is all about taking risks. You may fail but you may succeed too. In any case, you'll both gain something. A lesson for every failure and a prize for every success.
Shit happens. Life's a bitch. The World's cruel. There's no way that you're going to live your whole life without feeling pain or hurt. We live in a very unfair world after all. The only freedom we can have is whether we choose to be human or a monster, whether to hate or to love, to be kind or not. Well, that is if the situation is kind enough to give you a choice..