Courage: the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain,
danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Physical courage is the courage in the
face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while moral courage
is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame,
scandal, or discouragement.
Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman’s book Character
Strengths and Virtues, defines that there are 6 key virtues that defines a
human’s strength; Knowledge and Wisdom, Courage, Humanity, Justice, Temperance,
and Transcendence. Courage is broken down into 4 main categories; Bravery, Perseverance, Honesty, and Zest.
Bravery: the ability to stand up for what is right in
difficult situations. Perseverance: the ability to seek a goal in spite of
obstacles. Honesty: simply telling the truth. Zest: (or vitality) is the
feeling of being alive, full of zest, and displaying enthusiasm.
In my eyes courage can be such a difficult thing to confront
when you are faced with it. The ability to stand up for yourself, your beliefs,
your family, or whatever it may be; can be such a difficult situation. I have
come to the realization in my life, that in the past I rarely stood up for
myself when I really wanted to please someone. I let my own feelings sit to the
side and I became someone who I didn’t want to be; all because I didn’t have
the courage to kick something in the butt at the very beginning. Looking back
now, I wish I would have been strong enough to believe in myself and stand my
ground. In the end it would of only helped me, put me in a place where I was
happy with the decisions I made.
I have made a decision with myself; to have the courage to
stand my ground and never back down. Backing down doesn’t mean that I will
never come to agreement with someone, and compromise; but it means that I will
let my voice be heard. I believe if we all did that, we would all be so much
happier.
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