The Alphabet of Healthy Relationships: C is for……

by Rod Smith

Courage

COURAGE, my metaphorical backbone, helps me to love others, challenges me to live deeply. Where, what is it? It’s hidden reserves of raw strength coupled with the desire for what is good and right and it is a reserve that exists deep within my heart, mind, spirit, will, and soul. 

It is an inner reserve I share with all people. 

This unification of my inner-being (heart, mind, will, spirit, soul) helps me stand up on the inside and on the outside. 

It’s fuel, stored within, providing me with the boost I need to encounter life’s tougher hurdles.

If, in humility, I tap into, and deploy my courage, it miraculously self-replenishes, grows, shifts, multiplies, plays its part in transforming me. 

Blind courage – which is perhaps not courage at all – can be dangerous. Authentic courage is designed for use in concert with my thinking, and planning, my education, desires, wants, and wisdom. 

My courage helps overcome obstacles birthed in fear, insecurity, and failure. Living, (extra)ordinary daily living, takes courage. Quiet moments of reflection, coupled with brave living, refills my supply of courage. Courage cross-empowers, it joins forces with generosity, kindness, forbearance, and patience to empower me to face the most challenging circumstances. 

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