Courage shows up in different ways, it can be physical like firefighters, police officers, and soldiers or in individual acts of bravery. There's another kind of courage though, and it's not a chance gift of nature that decided to just show up one day. It's a choice between two alternatives, the determination not to quit or sacrifice your wants and needs.
It certainly takes courage to face your fears, to go through the emotions and to stand up for yourself and your personal system of values. It also takes courage to live within that system of values, especially when they get tested day after day. It takes courage to stand up for what you believe in, and not to compromise your own belief system. It's that reliable consistent courage that helps to get us through our lives, it helps the terminally ill to fight another day, the unemployed to keep looking for work, the single mom who works 2 jobs, pay the bills and feed her kids.
Within each of us is a fearless fighting warrior, not worrier. It's means shifting from giving your powers away to something you imagined to be a disaster or horrible event to owning your powers, taking back your voice and owning what was your in the first place. Worriers tend to allow fearful and negative thoughts determine their lives, so much so they end up feeling helpless and powerless.
Wouldn't it feel better to confront your fears,to stand strong, trust yourself and be courageous? I would bet every time you faced your fears and did it anyway, you would say YES!
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