5 Ways You Can Be Brave Today

Chances are, you’ve been brave today. Not that you realize this, most likely. Now that the whole world feels enveloped in a cloud of fear, we think only healthcare providers and a rare few others can be counted as courageous. Yes, they are: But so are you. Yet, if I stood a social-distancing six feet away and blew a virtual bravery fanfare for you on my virtual bugle, you would almost surely blush and demur. Even in normal times, most of us have issues with courage, because it is so subjective: Are skydivers brave … or just addicted to adrenaline? Is snapping selfies on the far side of DANGER: NO ENTRY signs brave … or foolishly risking everything for Instagram? If we struggle even to define courage, how then dare we claim it for ourselves? To say we have been brave, even just once, much less to put it in the present tense, I am brave, feels like boasting. Bragging. Bluster. Delusions of grandeur. Pride to which only the rare and few—firefighters, lifeguards, astronauts—have rights. But courage spans a vast palette: Some courage comes in colors that are lights-and-sirens bright but other courage comes in colors muted, subtle, soft—backgroundish hues few passersby can see. This is because the famous kinds of courage are public affairs: She tended patients for 36 hours straight! He closed his restaurant, risking his livelihood, to keep his workers and customers safe! But courage can also be highly private, personal, not merely unseen but unseeable—coalesc...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Publishers Spirituality & Health Bravery Courage Personal Growth Source Type: blogs