❤️ The importance of courage ❤️
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❤️ Welcome! According to the dictionary, courage is “the ability to do something that frightens one” and “strength in the face of pain or grief”. It allows us to fight injustice, make tough but important decisions and live a full life, even when it is scary. Isn’t it amazing how one act of courage can change your life? ❤️
❤️ Courage is needed to ask the love of one’s life out, to speak up when someone is mistreating you, to move out, to take a job offer, to send risky messages, to start a new adventure and, in short, to evolve. It’s what we use to put our determination into practice and what allowed history to happen. While being scared is natural (and valid!) and fear can be helpful (by warning us of the danger), having the courage to take important steps is very beneficial: the ones that chose not to go to the Moon didn’t make it to our History books! ❤️
❤️ Moreover, being able to read this on your device is a direct result of courage. If the people responsible for today’s technology didn’t dare to try something new, experiment and work on the weird concepts that formed our everyday lives, we wouldn’t have the things we have today. We wouldn’t even have 7 Cups! After all, the mental health movement happened (and happens) thanks to courage, too. Most decisions are a result of courage (even making a decision requires courage!), and we are the result of a series of decisions ❤️
❤️ Let’s reflect on the quotes “Regret is worse than rejection” and “Better done than perfect”. When it comes to social matters, if we use our courage to take the leap of faith and get rejected, it will be painful, yes, but we will eventually recover and we will know that we did all we could. But if we don’t use our courage, we might wonder what could have happened our entire lives, and asking ourselves if we let the greatest opportunity pass is worse than a rejection we can recover from. And, when it comes to perfectionism and fear stopping us from taking action, we often forget that having something imperfect is better than having nothing: if we need to make and deliver a key tonight, it’s better to have a simpler key than no key at all. After all, we can use a simpler key, but we can’t use a nonexistent key. We need to let our courage be that key to progress and a better life ❤️
❤️ How do we do that? It can look different for everyone, but things like making a plan (if it’s not something spontaneous), comforting yourself, using affirmations that resonate with you, positive self-talk, getting support, taking deep breaths, trying to make the hardest parts more manageable and rewarding yourself might help ❤️
❤️ Fear is a part of life: it can prevent us from making bad decisions and exposing ourselves to danger. However, frequently, the courage to continue and fight our fears is the force we need to keep growing. As they say in The Princess Diaries, courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear. So, today, I invite you to use your courage whenever it is more beneficial than fear ❤️
❤️ Discussion questions: ❤️
❤️ ✅ 1- What does courage mean to you? ❤️
❤️ ✅ 2- Please think of an act of courage that you did. What fueled your courage? What was the result of your courage? If you feel comfortable doing so, please share the story and/or tips to use our courage! ❤️
❤️ Thank you for having the courage to be you ❤️
@Daf8
❤️ ✅ 1- What does courage mean to you? ❤️
Courage to me means being brave enough to do something that no one else would do!
❤️ ✅ 2- Please think of an act of courage that you did. What fueled your courage? What was the result of your courage? If you feel comfortable doing so, please share the story and/or tips to use our courage! ❤️
what fueled my courage was my excitement for what was happening, and it resulted in me being very talkative in the end!
❤️ @KateDoskocilova ❤️
❤️ I love your definition of courage! Being brave and taking that first step requires a lot of courage. Your definition reminds me of Mulan and epic moments in movies (in general), too ❤️
❤️ Aww, I'm glad that your enthusiasm about what was happening fueled your courage! I imagine it was something very interesting and amazing. And being talkative can be challenging, so congratulations on being talkative about this exciting thing! Also, I bet people were impressed by your brilliant input (I wish I had been there!). Thank you for sharing and for being courageous ❤️
@Daf8
I really liked the point about being able to read this post or even interact on 7 Cups only happened because a lot of people showed courage and continue to show courage.
It reminds me of this quote by Jim Rohn 'If you think trying is risky, wait until they hand you the bill for not trying.'
@Daf8, thank you for your forum post. I really enjoy reading it and it also has a lot of good information.
Here is my response to your two questions:
1- What does courage mean to you?
Courage means not giving up. I think that if we have the will to try and even if we do not get where we want to be, at least we try.
2- Please think of an act of courage that you did. What fueled your courage? What was the result of your courage? If you feel comfortable doing so, please share the story and/or tips to use our courage!
I have always wanted to return back to school to get my MSW. I have it on hold for awhile now. I finally took the courage to go back to school after 8 years. Something that fueled my courage are my kids. i want them to have a good future. I am still waiting for the result, as I am still in school.
Courage to me is doing something out of your comfort zone. I think the most courageous thing I ever did is also the best thing I ever did and that was leave my marriage.
@Daf8
Courage is like the superhero cape you didn't know you had. It's that gutsy feeling pushing you to face fears, tackle challenges, and jump into the unknown.
@Daf8
Discussion questions: ❤️
❤️ ✅ 1- What does courage mean to you? ❤️
🌹 Courage can come in different forms, ie. by standing up for yourself in a difficult situation, trying something new, something you’ve always wanted to do but not quite been able to before, or even speaking up against something you feel needs saying. By finding your courage and pushing yourself amazing things can happen! 🌹
❤️ ✅ 2- Please think of an act of courage that you did. What fueled your courage? What was the result of your courage? If you feel comfortable doing so, please share the story and/or tips to use our courage! ❤️
🌹 For me it was some years ago and I had to find my voice and speak up against the actions of someone whom were not of kind character, quite the opposite unfortunately. I found courage by approaching someone (work situation) and telling them about what I had seen and heard. It wasn’t easy at the time, I felt torn but I found the courage to do something about it. 🌹
@RainbowRosie
I think that is what courage is, it is not easy. Standing up for yourself takes a lot of courage and is commendable.
@Daf8❤️ Discussion questions: ❤️
❤️ ✅ 1- What does courage mean to you? ❤️
❤️ ✅ 2- Please think of an act of courage that you did. What fueled your courage? What was the result of your courage? If you feel comfortable doing so, please share the story and/or tips to use our courage! ❤️
❤️ Courage means to me being able to act on situations and people, even though you may feel sad, afraid, or unsure, still making that step or action is takes courage!
❤️ A situation that took courage for me was recently, as I had to step away from a situation in my work environment that was not conducive for my mental health. Being belittled or talked down to was a situation that I would tolerate and I chose to remove myself from that situation. I now feel at ease and have PEACE ☮️. Tips: Make sure you listen to yourself and what makes you happy even if you are unsure or it is not easy to do.
Tamar J,
@Daf8
Lovely post
@Daf8
❤️ ✅ 1- What does courage mean to you? ❤️
To me courage means knowing what I do and don't want and not being afraid to pursue those things accordingly. The ability to have a voice in the most crowded room and advocate for myself.