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I cannot help but wonder...

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I DID SOMETHING BRAVE?

Brave... something that required a lot of prayers and faith and hope... and work...

I remember reading somewhere that it isn't love, nor faith, nor charity that is the greatest character of all.. instead, it is courage...

For courage is what will make you keep your faith, day in and day out, to choose to love the same person...

And courage is what will help you say the truth, and be fair, and be just... and to uphold what you believe is right...

It's courage that helps you deal with trials, and the contempt of those you can't please, or those who do not understand you...

For a woman, it's courage that will propel a child to be born... and courage is what allows parents to raise their kids as individuals...

There is no knowing in faith... and one can only hope so much... and strength is spent...

But courage is what changes us, and what gives us our defining moments...

One need not wage nuclear wars, or rally in the streets in order to be called courageous...

He should just do what needs to be done, regardless of the pain, the costs, the outcome... because it is what's right... what's best... what's fair... what's just...

So again, when was the last time I did something brave?

Telling my father, finally, that I was disappointed in them for enabling my brother to be so irrespponsible was brave, I think. And it hurt damn much. Saying no to booze all the time is kinda brave. Allowing myself to fall in love is brave.

But really, when was the last time I took risks... and allowed myself great opportunity for pain and loss... in order to get something I want and need?

I have two major pending projects in life... two dreams I have to realize... and I have not been brave with either of them yet. I have not done my assignment nor taken any concrete step in their realization...

I have yet to open myself to raw failure in pursuing said dreams, I have yet to go out there, fight the good fight so to speak, with gritted teeth and a resolve to ACCEPT whatever the consequences may be...

Ergo, I am not yet a better person because of this.

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How about you, when was the last time YOU did something brave?