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Courage
<p>To me, courage isn’t the absence of fear. </p><p>It’s me feeling the fear all the way through my body, the tight chest, the what-ifs… and still taking the next step anyway.</p><p><br/></p><p>Courage is quiet most of the time. </p><p>It’s the graduate who keeps applying after 50 rejections. It’s the mother who says “we’ll figure it out” when the money runs out on a Tuesday. It's saying the truth despite criticism. </p><p>I used to think courage had to be loud. Protests. Speeches. Big declarations. </p><p>I’ve learned it’s often small and stubborn: Like, </p><p>Saying “no” when everyone expects “yes”</p><p>Staying when it would be easier to leave,</p><p>Starting again after failing,</p><p>Hoping, even after disappointment.</p><p><br/></p><p>The thing about courage is, it costs something. </p><p>It costs comfort. It costs approval. Sometimes it costs safety. But what it gives back is bigger, stronger: it gives me MYSELF. It gives you, YOURSELF. </p><p>Without courage, I shrink. I edit myself. I live in drafts I never publish. But, with courage, I get to be honest. I get to try. I get to believe that the story isn’t finished yet.</p><p><br/></p><p>For me, courage looks like this: I’m scared, and I’m doing it.</p>
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