Month: March 2022
What is courage?
Courage : The mental or moral strength to persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty – Merriam Webster
While thinking about this, the first thing that comes to my mind is my earliest recollection of fear. I remember the sun was blazing into my eyes when my mother and aunt literally had to carry me like a swing (one grabbing my feet and the other my hands) to drag me to nursery school for the first time. I don’t remember that turning into courage, school just became routine.
Another early recall is my constant fights with the apartment building bully who was a few years older and much stronger, because I did not want to give in like the others. This continued until I turned 11 or 12. Considering that I was skinny and considerably weaker, this required what seemed to be at the time, monumental courage…. Continue Reading →