There are so many definitions of courage. Generally speaking courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear. Or, maybe with fear to proceed nonetheless. Seeing children wrestle with cancer or other physical maladies takes great courage.
Let’s look at another aspect of courage which is no less brave.
Walking away from a Newtonian view of the world takes courage. Shifting from Euclidian geometry to fractal geometry takes courage. It took courage and it took the lives of many who fought for the truth of a heliocentric solar system. In like fashion it takes courage to depart from the mainstream religious paradigms of the day.
A brief look at the history and life of people like Luther, Gandhi, and MLK says enough.
One doesn’t take a road less travelled without a compass: a compass of courage! One doesn’t venture into the land of penguins when they’re a peacock. Almost everyone has experienced the hurt and frustration of not feeling accepted, of being perceived as “different” and not fitting into the group. People who have good ideas that differ from conventional wisdom are often ignored or criticized for the very thing that makes them valuable to the organization—their creativity.
Innovation often comes from the most unlikely places, and people in organizations need to break out of their “penguin suit thinking” to create a climate where new ideas can flourish.
So much of science and religion is now founded on 300 to 3,000 year old thinking and seeing. While such is valuable and a building block for new theories to build on, we can’t stop on the lower rungs of the ladder. We were created to create. We are co-creators with the Creator of the universe and we’ve got things to do and to BE!
Are you up to the mental shifts that it will take to BE- what we really ARE?
Ernie thanks again for words of encouragement each new day.
Love Dan
It’s become apparent that the true limiter on any activity is the concept of “arriving.” Once you have filled the cup, nothing else can be put in.
Reaching “completeness” could be defined as death. Death to the idea that anything greater exists.
As one great writer put it: Of all men, we must continually think better than all we know.
There are many shifts along the path to what we are to be. Going into the darkness within ourselves in order to reveal the light. I went to a lecture on the Passover and learned to much about the story of Moses and Pharoah. For example the Egyptians did not need armed soldiers to hold the Hebrews in bondage and make them work for all those years. They were so buried in layers of fear and mind control that they stayed of their own accord. I look forward to participating in the Passover this year from a different perspective. God has freed us, now we must bravely walk out of Egypt. Yes we may experience fear and want to return because the Red Sea and the wilderness are a challenge. Even when you get to the promise land you are going to need to issue an eviction notice to the very tall occupants. Remember the DEED is in your name. Believe me, I am talking to myself today.
Talk on Sister!