Be Courageous and Face Life’s Challenges!
The Transformative Power of Courage
How Do You Get More Courage?
This is not something you learn in school. I don’t think I learned it from other people either. I believe that you get courage from facing adversity in your life.
I’ve gone through many things in my life. I do not write about them because regurgitating them tends to bring back some of those old feelings. Then people listen to your story.
Oh! They feel sorry for you.
You poor thing. How did you survive that?
Do You Really Want To Feel It Again?
Before you know it. You’re back there — going through all that again! Those same feelings, sometimes anger, rage, sadness that you had come back. Not what I want to feel!
That’s how the brain, feelings, memory, and subconscious mind works. It’s your choice whether you want to go over it again or not.
But when you tell someone about that car accident, divorce, trauma one more time — you give it life. I don’t want to do that.
Exception To My Rule:
I will selectively tell one of my struggles and how I came out of it, if I feel that this will really help someone. I have to really feel the person is open to hearing it, and can honestly learn at this time.
Telling everyone your story, over and over, just does not make sense. You end up losing some of your emotional energy in the process as well.
I believe that as bad as some of these events were, as painful as they were — they eventually helped me. I learned from them. By having them help someone else, now this horrible event is actually helping someone else. That’s a good thing.
Some Life Transitions — Challenge You To Be Brave:
Marriage can be a life-changing moment for many people, but it is also one that you have the most control over.
Divorce can have a profound effect on both people involved, so it’s important to consider all of the factors before making this decision.
New Job is another life transition. You’re going into unknown territory and have no idea how things work there or who the players are.
Diagnosed with a life threatening illness. That is a very difficult challenging time where you have to make some major decisions.
There are multiple other life transitions.
They may not be spoken about, or written about.
Anything that affects you and challenges
you emotionally is a transition.
What Exactly is Courage — How Can it Help Me?
Courage is a noun that means the quality of mind that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear.
It is important to be courageous when it
comes to your personal and professional life.
It can take many forms such as overcoming bias, standing up for what’s right or making a difficult decision.
There are many ways courage can help you in your life.
Final Thoughts — Bravery & Courage
Bravery is the willingness to face danger, fear, or difficulty. It can be a virtue or a vice depending on the context.
Courage is an inner strength that enables someone to confront difficulties and hardship with steadfastness and resolve.
Bravery and courage are often confused with each other, but they’re very different concepts. Bravery generally has an element of fearlessness, but courage does not always have this element.
We are creatures of habit, always protecting ourselves from change. Yet, change is inevitable and it should be embraced, not feared. The key to overcoming fear is to prepare yourself for the realities of life and understand that everything changes eventually.
