Today was a day where I had to be courageous in facing myself. The weapons of thought were rusty from long period of unuse. The skills to probe deeper seemed to have been long forgotten. More than that was the lack of belief that the depths of self could be probed. My mind was like an aged warrior, who though he had won many battles in his youth, had been cocooned in an envelop of pseudo peace for a long time, and now unprepared for the rigor of battle, having lost his skills and his weapons blunted had to face a young foe determined to conquer him.
What is Courage .....but to face one's inner fears in a straightforward fashion. To not lose heart, when inevitable failure stares you in the face and you have lost everything. Arent these the moments that make you a better, a stronger person. More than that a person who has come to a better understanding of oneself, a deep awareness of what one is, what one could do, what one could have and more importantly what one cannot do, and what one cannot have.
It takes courage to achieve impossible things, when the possibilities of doing so are bleak. It takes greater courage however to accept irrevocably that some things are unachievable and one has to move on, not let that failure destroy oneself.
To know the hard truths of life, to face it, accept it, reconcile with it, and yet keep one's hope alive and aloft is courage.
Courage is a state of mind that guides you in responding to challenging situations in a particular way. It is so true that it is tough times that prove your courage, what you have in yourself.
Being courageous makes a person better, which means, irrespective of whether one wins or loses, one would have gained from that challenging situation for one would have learnt from it, become more aware of oneself. Its when your heart is not roiled with frustration and anger, but prescient with hopeful clarity of what you face, even in certain defeat, thats when you know that you are truly courageous.
Courage is about conquering the fear within irrespective of what denoument you face in life.
What is Courage .....but to face one's inner fears in a straightforward fashion. To not lose heart, when inevitable failure stares you in the face and you have lost everything. Arent these the moments that make you a better, a stronger person. More than that a person who has come to a better understanding of oneself, a deep awareness of what one is, what one could do, what one could have and more importantly what one cannot do, and what one cannot have.
It takes courage to achieve impossible things, when the possibilities of doing so are bleak. It takes greater courage however to accept irrevocably that some things are unachievable and one has to move on, not let that failure destroy oneself.
To know the hard truths of life, to face it, accept it, reconcile with it, and yet keep one's hope alive and aloft is courage.
Courage is a state of mind that guides you in responding to challenging situations in a particular way. It is so true that it is tough times that prove your courage, what you have in yourself.
Being courageous makes a person better, which means, irrespective of whether one wins or loses, one would have gained from that challenging situation for one would have learnt from it, become more aware of oneself. Its when your heart is not roiled with frustration and anger, but prescient with hopeful clarity of what you face, even in certain defeat, thats when you know that you are truly courageous.
Courage is about conquering the fear within irrespective of what denoument you face in life.
2 comments:
lovely thoughts!
It is an act of courage to accept that there are things you don't know, and ever more brave to venture into a quest of wanting to know the unknown.
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