Courage isn’t the absence of fear — it’s moving forward despite it. Every act of courage builds confidence and strength. Choosing courage today can change tomorrow. Complete the following sentence: “One area I need courage in right now is ______.”
One area I need courage in right now is - driving over huge man-made bridges - I literally freeze, and tears come trickling down my face, tears of absolute fear and my hands and my entire body shake. In fact, when driving up to my son's Boarding School in Pennsylvania a few years back, 5a morning, I literally froze and did an illegal U-turn to get off that road and take the back roads. My fear goes that deeply. I am literally drawn to tears. I don't know what it stems from, but there is something in my deep conscience that causes this. Honestly, anything man-made, Fair Roundabouts, Man-Made Bridges, the Eiffel Tower, Machu Picchu (I so want to do this, but am frozen when I think of the heights and the mountain paths along the edges), Highest Diving Boards into pools of water (I did it as a leader for others to follow, but it scared the daylights out of me!) - I don't trust man-made anything.
@Pat Van Schalkwyk aaw thanks, and yes we have a bunch of engineers in our family who've built man-made bridges, tall hotels, you name it - so this is a good approach - human achievements...