COURAGE

Your heart will carry your through.

Definition: pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation

Other: bravery, valor, grit

Opposite: cowardice, lack of bravery

Courage is sometimes a matter of life and death.
As we try to deal with the COVID19 pandemic we are being called upon to be brave.

We are facing and enduring danger from an unseen enemy which can cause death for millions.

The health care workers, grocery employees, truck drivers, government staff figuring out what to do next, InstaCart and food deliverers and all the other people we sometimes take for granted are fighting on the front lines of this pandemic. Daily their courage is portrayed in stories on the news. They are brave.

AND so are we. We, the regular folks who are following the STAY AT HOME orders. We are showing courage when we wash our hands for the zillionth time or when we put on another sock puppet show or make another meal or avoid spending unnecessary money or spend money to keep a small business going or lifting spirits around us. When just grocery shopping for your family can increase your risk, that is courage.

We use courage when our anxiety and upset remind us that THIS is outside of our control, outside of everyone’s control. No one who survives this pandemic will be untouched by this humbling experience. Our distraction of doing is being replaced with living moment to moment, over and over again. We are worthy of respect and kudos also, especially from our very own self.

We take one day at a time and appreciate what the day has to offer.
Maybe using this precious time to rethink LIFE.
New goals and dreams are being born.
Courage has called us ALL to do our duty.
It is an opportunity to reset the rhythm of our days.
Stop doing some things.
Start doing others.
Doing the right thing.
Being strong.
Asking for what you need.
Spreading courage not fear.

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I’ll try again tomorrow.”
-Mary Anne Radmacher

We are in this together.
Those on the front lines and those of us at home.
We will survive.
With courage.

Becky Wilbur, Silver Lining Special at Well-Being and Wonder. She is a woman who is wise-hearted and chooses to live with ease. Well-being is the vision which lights her way with peace and love. As an encourager, healer and champion for flourishing and contentment, she is honored to inspire others on their journey of change. She is a widow, and Mom to two girls and a mutt named Sadie from Modesto, CA.