Courageous

Hey hey hey. So I wanted to take the time to write about how to really enjoy the things. Naturally, our brains give in to fear so many times a day that if we counted it would make us nauseous. Again, it’s just a hardwiring thing, something about survival and part of what makes us human. Yet, we have the power, the free will everyday to conciously step away from this porgramming and step into courage. It’s something that we have to remind ourselves of so much throughout any given day, but it is more than possible and often it just takes that little reminder and decision to move forward with tenacity. It’s one of the most healthiest rules we can live by. It expands our experience and makes it so much more enjoyable. It takes effort and it’s not always easy though. It takes practice before we can get to a place of lving through sustained courage, because like many other values we want to be automatic, we have to build the neural pathways first.

We become by doing, by conciously making the decisons everyday and acting through that frame of mind. That is the only way we can become the type of person we want to be. If we have been building bad habits, well they are going to be our default ways of beings until we act enough times through a positve lens instead. The actions we take everyday lead to the person who we see ourselves as and who others view us as. We can only become a kind, compassinate person by living that everyday, showing those acts towards others. We can’t just say , oh I am a very nice person and then be inconsiderate of other people’s feelings day in and day out. Because that is not the truth. The truth of who we are is what we decide to do everyday. All of the little decisions make us who we really are, whether we like it or not.

So back to fearlessness, think of an example of an activity you often do. It can be a creative hobby , a sport, or anything in between. Even your job. Now, contrast how differently it felt when you were doing that activity with fear in your mind, versus how you felt when you did it bravely. When you you were brave, you weren’t worried about the outcome were you? You just decided to let go and see how it went. You decided that you knew how , you had a deep self-belief in your wisdom and your abilites and you let that guide you. You were rooted and connected to your soul, and focused on yourself, rather than what other people thought. You weren’t worried about what could go wrong, instead you were invigorated and carried by a forward momentum and inner knowing that you were doing something new and different this time. And it felt big and free. And unconventional. And after you maybe even recieved the due recognition. but who cares about accollades cause it felt so good right? Side note: it better not have been for the glory, it better have been for self-discovery. I like dancing, and realized that I got so much better when I stop worrying about how I looked, and instead when I did it my way, tooks chances, and exteneded the movements. And let me tell you it feels so much better to dance that way. I feel like this whole world of creativity opened up to me when I decided to dance boldly. I also feel so free.

bold

/bōld/

adjective

1. 1.(of a person, action, or idea) showing an ability to take risks; confident and courageous.”a bold attempt to solve the crisis”

So yes, I really feel we are free to what calls to us when we are courageous, because we decide we aren’t worried about the what ifs. And I like the word fearless as well, but I feel it is not always accurate. I do think we need to completely forget about fear at some moments to really live, but I also think sometimes those fears are still going to be in the back of our heads and we need to act anyway. A quote that helps me understand is “Courage is not the absence of fear, rather it is the realization that something is more important than fear.” We need to be fueled by a certain inspirtation and yearning for something deeper, for a richer experience, so that we can follow through with courageous acts. We need to feel the importance of wanting to live to our fullest potential, so much so that fear becomes small in our worries. We need to get to a place where we are more worried about what would happen if we stayed stuck in our fears, rather than worried about what could go right.

When we act from our inner reserves of courage that are always within us, we can do what we really want to do. We get to be who we really want to, and we get to discover all that we can be. It helps us to realize that life is really ours after all, and wakes us up to the true divine miracles that we are. It allows us to sink into our unique abilites and let them really shine. We are so much more talented, creative and knowledge than we ever really give ourselves credit for. Our inner light is something that needs to be stoked by the ability to push through boundaries, the fuel that our inner energy and strength can create. If you are at a loss still, being courageous is usually doing something you wouldn’t, something bold. Remember that its always worth it to be brave. Fortune favours the brave!