Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Courage

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. ~Ambrose Hollingsworth Redmoon

I am totally inspired by Tara's post today. Go read and enjoy:Paris Parfait: Summoning courage as opportunity knocks.

10 comments:

Elyse said...

I used to attend Naropa University, which was founded by this awesome Buddhist monk from Tibet, Chögyam Trungpa...he had a lot of good things to say about fear in his book "Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior." I found an excerpt here:

http://www.wellnessgoods.com/fearlessness.asp

Yoli said...

Thank you so much for sharing Elyse!

Sabine, La Marquise des anges said...

thanks so much for sharing !! you made my day with this link :)

A Cuban In London said...

Excellen quote as usual. And that photo sums up pretty much what courage is about. I'm off to tara's blog pronto.

Greetings from London.

Jen Laceda | Milk Guides said...

I like that 'definition' (sorry, lack of a better word) of Courage

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

Wonderful!

Annie Coe said...

I totally agree. You must take that step, and do it often, it gets easier as you go :-). Be Brave.

La sirène said...

I need so much courage at this moment. I'll keep that image for my whole day***

Fliss and Mike Adventures said...

Oh I love this...

Bjornik said...

This is a very inspiring post Yoli, thank you for posting this.

I used to be one of the birds at the back of the line. Too scared to take the lead I guess.