Courage......

"I wanted you to see what real courage is,....

It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway

and you see it through no matter what.

You rarely win, but sometimes you do."

Atticus Fitch from To Kill a Mocking Bird

Rarely do we meet a person of real courage...

most folks are

too afraid to try,

scared they will fail and

bind them self by that statement that rings inside their head,

:what if I don't make it:

so they just don't begin.....

stay stagnant...

choose the road traveled most,

and

think secretly about

the

"wonder what if's"

I've met alot of these in my life...

at work,

in the church,

in family settings..

something

seems to hold ordinary folks back

fear keeps them at bay

and

so

they never see the top of the pedestal,

never make to the top of the hill,

never use their gifts

to make a difference in the world...

they are...

and

that's where they stay...

Occasionally...

on rare occasions..

one meets

a unique individual who

has found the strength within themselves

to overcome fears,

their ears are closed to the nay sayers who

say....he/she will never make it...

instead,

that seek something down deep inside,

make a connection to something greater

and

begin the hard work of

doing something

most are afraid of....

most might even say---

that's impossible

she/he will never ever make it ...

"why are they wasting their energy"..

Courage..

it takes sweat,

inner peace,

believing in yourself and

something bigger then

one can even imagine.

it takes hard work...

it is being unafraid of what will happen

if

the

thing doesn't....

Courage...

sometimes it is not enough,

but

sometimes

we get there

climb to the top,

make

a difference....

Go out and live fully and courageously

we only get this one moment,

live it well.

blessings and hugs

Cowardly Lion: Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got? 
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman: Courage! 
Cowardly Lion: You can say that again! Huh?