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Essay on Courage
The Absence Of Fear.

"All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble." - William S. Halsey
Courage is nothing more than the absence of fear-nothing more, nothing less. It is like a burning in the back of your very being that is telling you to go against all of your human instincts and seek your wildest fantasies. In nature courage is a rarity with a value beyond any earthly substance. It can only be acquired through extreme pain and suffering. So why bother seeking it?
If you have courage you have power beyond that of any of the great emperors of times past. If you have courage you have the power to over come any obstacle in your path-physical or mental.
"Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and a last some crisis shows us what we have become." - Bishop Westcott
September eleventh has not changed my views on courage; it has just shone my thoughts to me clearer than ever imagined. I believe the courage of many people has been brought forth in the light of this horrific tragedy. It has also shone the fear in the hearts of many who hide in their own self-pity while sending others forth to do what they can only fantasize about. This, therefore, shows how manipulation is only a spineless excuse for a lack of courage.
My ideas of courage may differ from yours, who may in turn differ from others. That is the way it should be. We show courage in our difference of thought. Independence is one form of courage that could have you searching for him for lifetimes on end and still never grasp the concept.
"If you let fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin." - Katharine Butler Hathaway...