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What does it mean to be courageous? Does it mean to do larger than life deeds? To run into a burning building so save someone’s life? Or perhaps to face those inner demons that each and everyone of us carries inside us. Well, I will certainly not thwart the former but I suspect it’s more of the latter. Many things in life take courage. To stand up for what one believes in takes courage. To do what’s right in the face of adversity and injustice; that certainly takes courage. But to be happy? Could that possibly take courage? Why not, I say. To enjoy oneself and pursue that which makes one happy certainly takes courage. Letting oneself go and releasing holds on bonds that we have placed upon ourselves is key to happiness and that act certainly takes courage. Some times it’s much easier to be bold and courageous if we feel others need that courage. But often we leave nothing for ourselves. What about the courage that we need, as individuals, to live out happy and fullfiling lives? Obviously I am writing this in response to something or more pertinently, someone. I hope that that person can achieve that level of fearlessness that they no longer have to build walls around themselves - walls that are oh, so easily knocked down. Walls that have become a tomb or a prison. I pray you find the strength and the vision to knock down those walls and embrace the life you’ve been given. It’s never too late to make a positive change. It’s never too late to find that courage that’s hiding somewhere inside the fearless warrior in us all. If I only had a heart…