Up on a hill stood an old house with a cemetery around it. The villages called the house haunted and no one went up there until ''.
This is how - as you must know - most stories start, but mine is different, Mine is unique and not merely a story. I have kept it a secret for some time, now I will let the world know what happened.
I had two great friends once, the closest one could have, but that no longer exists after that horrible day. It all started when I was invited to a party. This party had a surprise. We played a game, not hide or seek or any usual game like that, we played with the past, through contact with an ancestral speaker. It was all right until it came up to my turn. The whispering tales told someone to go into the derelict haunted ghost house. I couldn't refuse with all my friends around me so I reluctantly agreed.
A chill went down my spine as I walked up to the eerie house. Flashes of stories I have heard, of children never coming out rushed to my head. I kept telling myself that they were rumours and old myths but that's didn't withhold the fear tingling throughout my body. I thought of how my two friends must have told everyone my secret that once I had seen someone, or something creeping around the haunted ghost house, leaving me with terrifying nightmares.
I approached the door hesitantly, on which graffiti was written. My friends held back, separating me from any contact, I was alone. I flicked on my torch as I walked across the creaking cold corridors.The floors rattled and the echo of the water dripping down from the damp ceilings was unbearable. It was like an unstoppable dripping tap eating away at my nerves. I followed the old signs directing the way out. I wanted to run through trepidation but couldn't because everyone would hear and my pride would be drowned in the dripping water. I moved along gradually, everything was silent. Then, suddenly a noise. "Who is it?" I said, still there was silence.
Courage Courage, something many people too often seem to attribute to themselves. ... Often times people with real courage go unnoticed. ... Courage what takes courage? Some people say giving your life for some one takes courage or a person who has been labeled as hero, they must have had courage . ... Yes, those people all have courage. ...
Although these examples certainly exemplify heroic courage; there are many different types of courage that people display everyday. Courage is not only reserved for heroes. "Everyday Courage" There is a saying that describes courage as "nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can." ... Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen"... Everyday Courage is saying "One more step. ...
To me courage is something we all have inside of ourselves. ... I agree because true courage is part of our personality. ... To me this is the greatest courage of all. ... To recapitulate courage is an important quality to obtain. ... Everyone has an underlying layer of courage. ...
I have composed this letter concerning rather or not the poem "Courage" by Anne Sexton should be in the grade level curriculum. ... To really understand it you have to think what is important about how it is showing courage. ... In those line it is show that having compassion is also a sign of courage. "Courage" also fits in the California Standards under "understanding grade level reading material." ... So in many ways this poem courage can relate to life in general and it is show that what you do in life takes some kind of courage. ...
People each have their own definition of courage. Authors will portray their idea of courage through their writing. ... In the Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane believes that courage is facing your fears and acknowledging your faults to yourself. ... I feel that this was a perfect example of what courage is. ... The rest of the crew showed their courage by whaling in the first place. ...
December 18, 2001 Tillich's Response to the Madman In some ways, Paul Tillich's book The Courage to Be responds to Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of "the death of God." ... As a result of this threat, we see what Tillich describes as the courage to be as oneself. ... The courage to be as oneself will not give the final solution, however (Tillich 141). The courage to be is rooted in the God above God. ... This is unfortunate, because only after realizing a God above God can one truly experience the courage to be....
Courage is a feeling that can only come from within. ... These people had to dig deep within themselves in order to find the courage to live. For some people, courage is needed for more simple things that are taken for granted. ... No matter what the fear may be, if courage can be found, any fear can be faced. ...
Courage is not those heroic acts we see watching superman nor is it those muscle bound men with super strength. ... It takes a tremendous amount of courage and strength to remain living in our cruel world today. ... We found strength and courage in each other to get through that terrifying experience. ... Children posses the most courage and strength among us all, they speak with total honesty and that indeed is truly courageous. ... True courage and strength is hidden within and like a fragile blossom only to bloom in the hour of need. ...
Courage, The Strength Within Definition= my definition of courage is a person that has the strengths needed to face their fears We all face difficulties in our lives like loosing some one you love, getting something stolen or having the school bully on your bad side. ... Later on the next year we had to play the same team with that same huge guy that hit me and I had the courage to play even though I was scared. ... That character shows courage when no one else wanted to. ... He didn't want to but he faced his fears and showed a lot of courage to take such a challenge. ... ...
