Courage is not those heroic acts we see watching superman nor is it those muscle bound men with super strength. But it is a combination of persistence, patience, determination, honesty, compassion, and love that makes true courage and strength an effective and influential but yet a fragile tool. A tool possessed by all but unaware of it's existence within us. It blooms during the most disturbing times of our lives and when we think there's nothing more to fight with or will to go on, it bursts through those chaotic situations like sunbeams fighting through stormy clouds to shine on then fades away into its shadowy domain only to live on to fight another day.
Just when life seems dreadfully darkened with those utter feelings of loneliness, courage and strength opens our eyes to see a brighter day. There are times in our lives when we feel we have nothing to live for, we feel so empty and cold inside. Perhaps someone pierced your heart with pain and you feel that you can't love another again and feel confined to solitude. But after reflecting on others that surround you somehow you find that life can't be as dreary as you thought. Life goes on for you and takes on an entire new meaning. It takes a tremendous amount of courage and strength to remain living in our cruel world today.
We can also find this fragile tool in loved ones through their compassion and love we build strength to become strong-willed. I remember when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer my family and I were in total shock. We had no warning of this dramatic news, it seemed our .
family was being stripped of our mother. After absorbing the trauma we somehow managed to pull together as if we were merged into one body and mind. We found strength and courage in each other to get through that terrifying experience.
This unique combination knows no age limit it lives in the young as well. Children posses the most courage and strength among us all, they speak with total honesty and that indeed is truly courageous.
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, 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. ... ...
