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Courage | Lucy Freeman Jo Frater | TEDxFolkestone


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courage we all have it whether you think
you do or not how much you choose to tap
into it is not actually an indication of
how much you’ve got you have it you
might not think you do it’s something
that can’t be measured but people close
to you especially the people close to
you will notice it when you do something
challenging when you do something bold
when you do something out of character
this perception of courage unfolds when
you do something because you really have
to do it and you do it despite yourself
and through all its difficulty because
there’s something in you that forces you
to do it courage is what people see the
courage to speak how courage to stand up
for a friend because it’s easier to
stand up for them when for yourself you
cannot defend the courage to try
something new even the courage to dye
your hair to go out by yourself even
though you’re worried that people might
stare courage is immeasurable an act
that could seem so small to some who
don’t even see it as a thing might even
describe it as humdrum to others might
be everything to just get out of bed in
the morning when you’ve misplaced you’ll
get up and go to just leave the house
maybe when you’re feeling really low –
simply speak and respond with the answer
no
but back to that perception of courage
do we interpret and perceive someone as
being courageous because that’s what we
want to see to believe
for example when a fireman starts work
did he start the day thinking I’m going
to be courageous today or is he simply
walking in wanting to do his job to the
best of his abilities when a patient
starts their medicine do they think I’m
gonna be courageous today or do they
simply lay back and take it day dreaming
about their favorite holiday when the
army goes toward they think we’re gonna
be courageous today or are they simply
thinking this is another workday
I think courage is a positive label that
we put on people or when we use it in
reflection on the thing we just achieved
for ourselves when we’re focused on that
direction some acts are so big or
important to us that it takes us time to
be ready and that’s okay because it’s
our journey and we need not to be
unsteady to be on the right mental path
to be able to focus to feel our
strongest and not our Lois the hurdles
we face in our personal space the pang
of fear in our every being the feeling
of your raging heart and for your body
that just feels like fleeing fight or
flight fight or flight it’s fight or
flight and the best feeling is to fight
and fight with all your might periods of
great challenges periods of enormous
difficulty when you get through to the
other side you look back and see and
it I made it I got through that
dark cloud and I wasn’t
discouraged I am strong and I am capable
of so much more than I thought and
that’s the look of courage you are the
look of courage thank you
[Applause] [Music]
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