Inside My Head

“Bravery - A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear.” Bravery is one of the most sought after, prized, and often coveted traits of a human being. We honor soldiers who showed bravery in the face of war and there are those of us who treat millionaire athletes as superheroes for battling through injuries or tough seasons. People spend countless hours categorizing those we would consider the brave ones and then spend more hours dissecting what it is that sets them apart from the average person. Bravery is the single thing that separates us from the accomplishment of a dream or from “the agony of defeat”.

Bravery does not come from the size of our muscles, the confidence in our stride or even from an extremely stubborn bordering on insane attitude when it comes to continuously attacking fruitless situations that continue to give the same results. To first get bravery, we must first get understanding. We have to understand our underlying fears that motivate our need for bravery. Fear isn’t just a deep anxiety about tangible objects like spiders or clowns, but any caustic feeling that eats away a person’s self-image and leaves them feeling powerless. Fear is a “gateway emotion” in the fact that fear breeds contempt for the next person who is in a seemingly better situation than us which can lead to envy and hatred. Before fear has a chance to take hold, we have to dig deep enough into our unconsciousness to first, find out what we fear, which is the beginning of bravery. As Bertrand Russell said, “To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

As stated before, bravery is a quality of spirit which means that when properly built internally, no external force can rob you of your bravery.

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