Five Card Story: Being brave

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Like most people, I have a fear of rejection and failure. These are supposedly the two contemporary greatest human fears alongside death a long-standing human fear. But I also fear other things like contracting diseases I have hypochondriac tendencies, drowning even though I’m a decent swimmer, and being misunderstood in an existential kind of way.But knowing that fear is inescapable is exactly why bravery is of utmost necessity in life. Fear is the thing that paralyzes, while bravery is the thing that frees. Fear is the thing that chooses mediocre, while bravery is the thing that takes the risk of chance, a chance that could bring greatness or defeat. Fear always leads to regret, while bravery leads to knowing.When I think of all the people in my lifetime who have been brave and who continue to be brave, I realize that bravery means many different things in different situations.But bravery, whatever it is some of the time, to be authentic, to be able to endure, to be an act of courage, must also be an act of love. Whether of a thing or of a person or of a place, bravery must be manifested through love. And to be brave you must accept that the great love of anything may result in heartbreak and pain and disappointment. To be brave, you must be willing to risk the possibility of a terrifying ending. To brave is to be alive and to live in such a way that the world knows you are afraid but you love, more than you fear.

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Like most people, I have a fear of rejection and failure. These are supposedly the two contemporary greatest human fears alongside death a long-standing human fear. But I also fear other things like contracting diseases I have hypochondriac tendencies, drowning even though I’m a decent swimmer, and being misunderstood in an existential kind of way.But knowing that fear is inescapable is exactly why bravery is of utmost necessity in life. Fear is the thing that paralyzes, while bravery is the thing that frees. Fear is the thing that chooses mediocre, while bravery is the thing that takes the risk of chance, a chance that could bring greatness or defeat. Fear always leads to regret, while bravery leads to knowing.When I think of all the people in my lifetime who have been brave and who continue to be brave, I realize that bravery means many different things in different situations.But bravery, whatever it is some of the time, to be authentic, to be able to endure, to be an act of courage, must also be an act of love. Whether of a thing or of a person or of a place, bravery must be manifested through love. And to be brave you must accept that the great love of anything may result in heartbreak and pain and disappointment. To be brave, you must be willing to risk the possibility of a terrifying ending. To brave is to be alive and to live in such a way that the world knows you are afraid but you love, more than you fear.
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