COURAGE UNLEASHED

According to Merriam-Webster courage is “mental or moral strength to resist opposition”. Faced with opposition on a daily basis, BUT only if we allow it. You have control if an event is perceived as opposition, fear or insecurity; or the step to the most wonderful momentous event of your life.

How we see events, how we hear words, how we feel the breeze or surf or emotions that rise inside of us, is by choice. Think about it; you can take it as negative or positive. Take a particular situation very recent to you in particular. Within the past day or two, has someone shared a smile with you? That positive energy creates a wave throughout the universe quite opposite someone extremely angry and screaming at you. We can still choose to be upset by the screaming or see it as a vehicle to something quite positive in your or their life.

It takes a great deal of courage and fortitude to choose the positive results of any event. Someone terribly hurt or killed in an automobile accident brings immediate sorrow and pain. If we can train ourselves (may take till 80 but still worth it) to see the positive outcome of this horrible event, we are then equipped to cope better. The coping goes beyond our inner feelings but that of virtually everyone around, their family, their friends, their doctors, teachers, coaches and students alike!

Your spirit need not be broken by outside forces. Hold your ground, your inner morale and overall health are then at stake. Can you afford to take everything negatively? Can you afford not to be positive always? The results are life changing and creating a chain of energy throughout the universe that you control. If your spirit is compromised, isn’t your mental and physical health also? There is a lack of balance, comfort and free spirited visionary abilities in each of us. Take the time to look at the past 24 hours. Were there any events you could have handled differently? Could you have reacted more positively to the event? Could you have processed the pros and cons more fairly? As leaders we should not prejudge or perceive in any way but in a totally positive manner. Why? Simple, it is simpler, has more positive long term results all around us and the others possibly consumed in the event.

Add resolution to stubborn persistence and see what avenues it opens up for you in your current journey / mission or goal. What successes are you pursuing? Are you courageous with every thought related to achieving that success? Do you positively envision the outcome? Do you play it over and over in your head and see it come to life? If this is your normal way to process information; you are a true leader accomplished in creating other leaders.

Use courage as a tool to succeed in all you do. Whether you want to step outside the box and approach someone ‘unapproachable’ up until now, go for it. If you have the philosophy of ‘unless I have something good to say, I won’t way anything at all’; think again about how true and honest you are being to yourself and those in your world. Possibly mastering the art of communication can allow you to broach topics not otherwise approachable by you in the past. Stop and think after listening; then you have all you need to conduct and develop the optimum relationships now and forever.