Courage is a Muscle

Sittin’ on the front porch, sipping a cheap, but decent, Spanish red, I started thinking about fear and courage. I, like many people, have a built-in fearfulness. People like us tend to be afraid of many things. My wife is not like that. She apparently does not know the meaning of the word fear. But I believe that many people are like that. For those of us who are, it is important that we develop the habit of facing fear. Rather than running from fear, whenever there is an awareness of being afraid, turn and run toward it. If you notice that you are afraid of doing something, then drop everything and just do it. If you do some of this every day, you will develop it as a habit. And your life will gradually get better and better. It’s a practice for fearful folk. Not doing it makes a fearful person’s life worse instead of better. Courage is a muscle.