We all know brave when we see it. The firefighter rushing into a burning building. The bystander pulling the injured from a battered car before it ignites. A soldier facing the uncertainties of battle. Voices speaking up for what is right. The list goes on. There are many deserved accolades for the brave heroes in our world. However, most of us, perhaps all of us, experience our own brand of bravery in everyday life.
It’s not easy, this whole living thing. There are decisions, steps taken toward and steps taken away, roadblocks and possibilities, painful hope and frightening uncertainties.
Sometimes, just walking out your front door in the morning to go to work may be the bravest thing you do that day. Or getting out of bed at all.
Or steeling yourself for a doctor appointment from which you expect bad news.
How about talking to your child about what matters to you? Talking to your child about what matters to them?
Traversing the barriers of bigotry and bullying.
Standing up for what is right.
Giving kindness in the face of the unkind.
Daring to love.
Choices.
We are fragile, we humans, but we are also brilliant and strong and caring.
We are brave.
Please feel free to comment about a personal braveness or the brave actions of another, as I only touched on the many possibilities.
robin maderich - write-brained scribbler and crafter-on-the-loose 