Being reckless doesn't necessarily mean courage." ~ Lucinda Laverne
Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.
and then there was that time you sucked down your fear, breathed into it, faced it with a courage that moves mountains, and you stepped right into that thing, that situation, that experience moments and forever before had crippled and controlled you and had you believing you could never rise up to meet it, but you did, because you could, and you will again, because you can, yes, you can.
There are in our lives reservoirs of many kinds. Some reservoirs are to store water. Some are to store food, as we do in our our family welfare program and as Joseph did in the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty. There should also be reservoirs of knowledge to meet the future needs; reservoirs of courage to overcome the floods of fear that put uncertainty in lives; reservoirs of physical strength to help us meet the frequent burdens of work and illness; reservoirs of goodness; reservoirs of stamina; reservoirs of faith. Yes, especially reservoirs of faith so that when the world presses in upon us, we stand firm and strong; when the temptations of the decaying world about us draw on our energies, sap our spiritual vitality, and seek to pull us down, we need a storage of faith that can carry youth and later adults over the dull, the difficult, the terrifying moments, disappointments, disillusionments, and years of adversity, want, confusion, and frustration.
“Let us--all of us--have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle… Courage becomes a living and an attractive virtue when it is regarded not only as a willingness to die manfully but also as the determination to live decently.”
I plead with you to have the courage to REFRAIN FROM JUDGING AND CRITIZING those around you, as well as the courage to make certain everyone is included and feels LOVED AND VALUED.