"The world needs your gift as much as you need to bestow it." ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
We generally honor courage the most when we see someone among us risking their life to save a human being, an animal, or a forest filled with life, or a home or a way of life - something larger than themselves.
But another risk-worthy thing larger than ourselves is ourselves being our true selves, ourselves using our unique mix of abilities and interests, our talent, passions, yearnings and dreams - ourselves following our own path.
But courage deserves to be called upon whenever it's needed and be recognized for all the ways it helps us. Sometimes it takes courage to say, "Yes." Sometimes, it's to say, "No." And sometimes it takes courage just get out of bed and face the day.
In this day, let's give thanks for courage and use it in every way we need it and in every way that matters, which really is in all that we do. Let's use compassion too.
I'm closing with gratitude for all of life's gifts and with reverence for the brave and the beautiful Real you.
Charlene
THE THIRD GIFT IS COURAGE. May you speak and act with confidence and use courage to follow your own path. - from The Twelve Gifts of Birth