Courage. Forza!

Courageis?

What is courage? Some say that it’s a quality of the mind and spirit that has the power to overcome danger, pain or hardship. Regardless of your definition of courage, one thing is for certain… it comes in many forms:

•A girl standing up for a classmate as the rest of the class ridicules him—even if by doing so, she risks receiving the same treatment.
•A man rushing into a fiery wreck to rescue perfect strangers at the cost of burns that may scar him for life.
•A woman stretched across the thin ice of a river, arms straining to rescue someone else's dog.

Stories like these are all around us. They may be ours, a family member's or a friend's. Wherever they come from, they carry at the heart of them, inspirational messages that are worth sharing, so that maybe one day others can draw their own inspiration from them. These are the stories that help us understand who we are and appreciate what we have. They enable us to put life in perspective and they can help guide us the next time we face a challenge - big or small.

I'd like to use this space to share your stories of courage—to help someone (and me) through rough times.

This is where we start the positive discussions.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

George S. Patton