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Courage: I never really thought about what it looked like… have you… Have you ever just thought and pondered the word?
Maybe it was an attribute that really didn’t fit into boring, mundane life. After all, it’s takes an adventure of some sort to even solicit courage. Or it could’ve been the fear… the fear that even having the mere thought of being courageous (and the situations where it would be applied) caused immediate dismissal of further evaluation of the word. However, to be afraid of the word courage is just crazy… right?
Well this week while we’re head-on, confronted with what it means to be courageous, we may come to the realization that it is an unusually unique characteristic. It’s not the same as victory, and even while it implies living a better, more full life, like victory, it’s not the same. Courage is not as easily given over to chance.
So what is courage… exactly? Some things that come to mind are:
- Remembering that this week is not the same as last week, and though we may find ourselves doing the same things this week that we did last week, courage is not an apparent change from that everyday routine.
- The resolution of a straight, smooth life without wrinkles, especially after going through a tough week. If it were to be straight and smooth by the end of the week, we can safely conclude a force such as courage may be involved.
And lastly…
In a world that asks us to bend, to change, to stretch, to in other words, compromise… it almost seems more courageous to stay put exactly where we are than to go forth in some valiant effort.
Still … go forth… just do so one courageous, solid, stance at a time.
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What do you think? What is the most courageous thing you’ve ever done?
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