Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." Mary Anne Radmacher
Some of the most courageous people are the most quiet people. Courage is not always loud and out there for all to see and hear. In fact, more often than not courage is found in the quietest of lives where the roar of courage is core deep - for core deep is where it counts. Our cores are where we need the courage and if by the time the courage is a whisper when it finally surfaces then so be it. If it is still roaring then so be it. We have more people than I could ever fathom living out their lives with that core deep courage that is roaring deep and whispering on the surface. The world at large dismisses them because they fly under the radar but their courage surpasses that of the one who skydives, snowboards off of cliffs, scales the tallest building in the world, wrestles with wild animals. Those are acts typically defined as courageous but I would dare to define them as adventurous but not courageous. Courage is getting up each day and facing head on that which threatens to bring you down. It is the man and woman getting the chemo treatments in the morning and extending themselves to someone in the afternoon. It is the parent who fights for cures and treatments for their child's sickness. It is the girl who lost her arm from a shark attack and within a month was standing upright on a surfboard to prove that she could. I think you get my point.
Dive down deep to the core of who you are - do you hear the roar there? Is it whispering on the surface? Fly my friend, fly under the radar and live courageously.
Some of the most courageous people are the most quiet people. Courage is not always loud and out there for all to see and hear. In fact, more often than not courage is found in the quietest of lives where the roar of courage is core deep - for core deep is where it counts. Our cores are where we need the courage and if by the time the courage is a whisper when it finally surfaces then so be it. If it is still roaring then so be it. We have more people than I could ever fathom living out their lives with that core deep courage that is roaring deep and whispering on the surface. The world at large dismisses them because they fly under the radar but their courage surpasses that of the one who skydives, snowboards off of cliffs, scales the tallest building in the world, wrestles with wild animals. Those are acts typically defined as courageous but I would dare to define them as adventurous but not courageous. Courage is getting up each day and facing head on that which threatens to bring you down. It is the man and woman getting the chemo treatments in the morning and extending themselves to someone in the afternoon. It is the parent who fights for cures and treatments for their child's sickness. It is the girl who lost her arm from a shark attack and within a month was standing upright on a surfboard to prove that she could. I think you get my point.
Dive down deep to the core of who you are - do you hear the roar there? Is it whispering on the surface? Fly my friend, fly under the radar and live courageously.
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