A Small Act of Courage

The year 2015 has not begun quietly, as evidenced by the killings at Charlie Hebdo and the kosher market in France. This world we live in, as I am reminded by the headlines, is unstable. Living each day requires small and sometimes large acts of courage. This past Sunday, according to the NY Times, more than 40 world leaders marched in Paris "in solidarity... against the threat of Islamic extremism since the Sept. 11 attacks." Among those 40 world leaders were an unlikely pair - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. The two of them marching together, to me, is an act of courage. While world leaders headed that march, more than a million people joined in. More than a million people left whatever they were doing that Sunday to make a statement to the world, a statement, given the constant threat of terrorism, which stands, to me, as an act of courage. Courage, either large or small, is difficult because of the weight of doubt and fear and discouragement that continually press against it. The great director, Francis Ford Coppola, is quoted as saying, "You have to be really courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise, you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost." The editors at Charlie Hebdo refused to knuckle under and a week after the attack produced a memorable edition, including a controversial cover, with millions of copies selling out in a mere hours. C...
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