Courage is the capacity to act in alignment with what matters while fear, uncertainty or social cost are still present.
Courage is the capacity to act in alignment with what matters while fear, uncertainty or social cost are still present.
Fearlessness is not courage because nothing has to be overcome.
Courage becomes visible when the nervous system says, “This carries risk,” and something in us answers, “Yes, and it still matters.”
Sometimes courage is public. Speaking. Leaving. Protecting someone. Beginning.
Sometimes it is almost invisible.
Saying no without providing an essay.
Admitting you do not know.
Letting someone see that you care.
Courage is not about becoming harder.
It is the ability to move while remaining in contact with what makes the movement difficult.