Courage Builder

Courage: the act of facing your fears.

As Eleanor Roosevelt put it, “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”

Are you afraid of something?

Are you afraid of taking some action?

Note that Eleanor Roosevelt did not say that positive thinking was courage. Thinking positive is not courage.
Talking to your friend about what you are going to do is not courage.

Eleanor Roosevelt said that you MUST DO. You must take action to overcome your fear. Only through taking action can you become more bold and courageous.Through action directed at your fear, you overcome the fear and build your courage. Thus, we realize that in order to become courageous, you must embrace the first fundamental element of courage- action.

* The first fundamental element of courage is take action!

Courage is also requires that you have the strength and conviction to follow your conscience. Listening to your conscience isn’t enough. Once again, action rules. Courage is the ACTION of obeying your conscience. This is what defines courage.

“Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.” - James Freeman Clarke

Note that just listening to your conscience is not enough, you must OBEY your conscience. You need to take action on the things that you know are right. Do what is right, because it is right! Take action and make the world a better place by following your conscience.

* The second fundamental element of courage is to obey your conscience.

When you listen to your conscience, then take action to obey your conscience, then you are a person of courage.

So, becoming a courageous person is rather simple! You must act upon the things you know to be good, true, and right.

Is there something in your community that needs to be improved? What can you do to help?

Is there something in your family that can improve? What are some simple actions that you can take to help make things better?

Is there something in your life that you know you should address, but are too afraid to do so? Is there some action that you can take, that will help you overcome your fears?

The fundamental elements then are action and conscience. Do good things. Act responsibly.

Make sure you are in the best health possible, so you can take action and do those things that will help others and improve your world. Just thinking about it, or just talking about it are not enough.

* You can become more courageous, today.

* Today, take action on those things you know to be right and good. Obey your conscience. You will sleep better at night, you will have less fear in your life, and you will become a happier, stronger person.

* Courage Element #1 - take action

* Courage Element #2 - obey your conscience