The true meaning of the word 'courage' is the ability to face danger without fear. Every time I hear or see the word courage, I visualize many different people facing their own dangers in life. Whether the dangers are real such as a fire or spiritually, going against their own restrictions in life like believing in God in an atheist family. To me courage is doing what nobody else can do and topping it with a little finesse. It's putting on that military uniform, going to a whole different country,fighting a battle for the freedom of your country and coming home to tell about it. Courage is a doctor putting on a poker face and hiding their emotions to tell a family that their child has cancer. Courage is also that child that just got the diagnosis of cancer. It's the person who opens the front door trying to leave the house when they are an agoraphobic. Courage is meeting your inlaws when they don't even know you are married yet. Courage is being that cat walking in front of the 'firing squad' of dogs ready to attack.
Courage comes in so many forms and can be interpreted in many different ways. I asked my four year old son what courage means to him and he said with complete confidence, "courage is killing the spider that just jumped out and scared you." Ultimately courage is what you make it out to mean to yourself.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Courage
The true meaning of the word 'courage' is the ability to face danger without fear. Every time I hear or see the word courage, I visualize many different people facing their own dangers in life. Whether the dangers are real such as a fire or spiritually, going against their own restrictions in life like believing in God in an atheist family. To me courage is doing what nobody else can do and topping it with a little finesse. It's putting on that military uniform, going to a whole different country,fighting a battle for the freedom of your country and coming home to tell about it. Courage is a doctor putting on a poker face and hiding their emotions to tell a family that their child has cancer. Courage is also that child that just got the diagnosis of cancer. It's the person who opens the front door trying to leave the house when they are an agoraphobic. Courage is meeting your inlaws when they don't even know you are married yet. Courage is being that cat walking in front of the 'firing squad' of dogs ready to attack.
Courage comes in so many forms and can be interpreted in many different ways. I asked my four year old son what courage means to him and he said with complete confidence, "courage is killing the spider that just jumped out and scared you." Ultimately courage is what you make it out to mean to yourself.
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I like how you defined courage giving all the different scenarios. I believe the word courage goes beyond its dictionary definition. Courage can be seen or shown in so many different ways since we all have different things we fear and it takes courage to overcome whatever those fears may be.
ReplyDeleteGood post. An act may be courage to one person, but may not appear to be courage to another. I think courage is overcoming an obstacle that one sets in front of himself. One may think a person another person is courageous for doing something (like being a soldier or firemen) but they don't think what they are doing is courageous because it is their job.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture. I can just imagine the strength those dogs have to hold back from running after that cat. Not saying they have an intension of harming it in any way, just to chase it and play. At least thats what my dogs do. They see a cat and they do everything they can to catch it but once they do, they are so filled with excitement that they just stand there and stare. They would never harm one. The courage that cat has to run infront of that many dogs shows that we can all face or fears if the time comes. Many people have that courage when put in a situation where it is needed, but some, it doesn't come naturally.
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent post courage can be seen or shown in many different ways. Using the courage you have inside to defeat an obstacle is a great way to overcome your fears. There are many people out there that believe that one should never be fearful but when you think about the definition of courage to overcome your fears is to use courage to defeat the obstacles that come your way. I also agree with Maxx because it took a lot of courage for that cat to walk in front all of those dogs, showing that anyone can have courage to do anything that they set their minds to.
ReplyDeleteWe find ourselves in so many situations that cause us to use the act of courage. It is exactly what you feel you have to do. I like how Liz gave us so many scenarios where courage can be applied. Her examples show us how broad the definition is. It also shows us that it does not take that much to be courageous. For example, you don't have to risk your life to show how courageous you are. All it takes is just a simple gesture of using the force within. We just have to prove to ourselves that your fears are not as important as the act of courage.
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