Most people seem to think of bravery as bold actions that save lives or some action that results in some large positive result. But I’d like to suggest bravery is often about smaller actions and events.<\/p>\n
Merriam-Webster defines bravery as “the quality or state of being brave.”\u00a0 Flipping to “brave,” we find\u00a0 the number one definition is “having or showing courage.”\u00a0 So I flip through the dictionary to “courage,” and learn it’s defined as “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.”<\/p>\n
Finally!\u00a0 Something we can discuss.\u00a0 So, bravery really means, “the quality or state of having or showing mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.”\u00a0 It doesn’t say anything about grandiose actions or results.\u00a0 I think that’s important.<\/p>\n
How many times a day do each of us show this?\u00a0 For some people, getting out of bed in the morning is an act of bravery. They could be overcoming severe depression or debilitating pain.\u00a0 Perhaps someone has been unemployed for a long time, yet they continue the job search, even after continued rejections.\u00a0 Perhaps someone is in an abusive situation and they decide to leave.\u00a0 There are any number of small or large actions that need acts of bravery to complete.\u00a0 Sometimes the most difficult one is the one we perceive as the smallest.\u00a0 Overcoming the inertia of fear or indecisiveness.<\/p>\n
What has been dangerous, difficult, or scary you lately?\u00a0 What brave act can you do to confront or overcome?\u00a0 Then what’s the next small, brave act you need to make.\u00a0 What brave act has someone you know engaged in?\u00a0 Bravery is more common that many people realize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Most people seem to think of bravery as bold actions that save lives or some action that results in some large positive result. But I’d like to suggest bravery is often about smaller actions and events. Merriam-Webster defines bravery as “the quality or state of being brave.”\u00a0 Flipping to “brave,” …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-z-challenge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}