Walking with Bravery: Just this side of 'crazy'.

"She was powerful, not because she wasn't scared, but because she went on so strongly despite the fear."

~Atticus

Ever wondered if you could keep going because life felt so overwhelming?

I know I have. Those times when you are carrying a burden that straps itself to your back and tempts you to want just to sit down and never get up. You might even feel the gaze of others as they watch you continue down the path of your life, and you can hear their thoughts, "I don't know how she does it. I don't think I could keep going..." Why do we say that, even in our minds? It's as though we imagine that we are bestowing some compliment to the person. But we are just pulling them down more than we can ever really know.

The truth is, it's at these moments we might ask ourselves if we are capable or just crazy...

What is it to be brave enough to face the hardest parts of life without recoiling? You are not scared -  because it's impossible not to be unless you truly are mentally impaired. It seems that it's a choice to have an attitude of being brave. To pick up your chin and turn your eyes forward to keep walking. To step up on the stage not knowing all your lines, but believing you can improvise. Some may call it crazy, but I call it brave. 

My definition of being brave is walking just this side of crazy.

Believing in my capabilities; even when I am uncertain.

Because it's in that moment of uncertainty, that I am the bravest.

Cheers.