Category Archives: Courage
Feeling Courageous
Courageous people almost never feel that they are courageous. It’s one of the oddities of human experience. We can all probably identify people in our lives whom we consider to be courageous. We know what they have been up against. … Continue reading
A Daughter’s Journey
I tell people that my daughter, Jalila, is my angel on earth. She took care of me while I was battling breast cancer. She became my rock. She was the first one I told that I had breast cancer. She … Continue reading
Can You See Me?
I have read or listened to several books by Margaret Atwood about futuristics societies where the decisions for many are made by a very few. Opinions are not allowed and those who are brave enough to have a thought and … Continue reading
Finding Our Heart of Courage
The Heart as the seat of feelings is the root etymology of the word Courage. That is to have a deep feeling that moves us to protect someone or something. Who or what the someone or something is sometimes conditioned … Continue reading
The Speech
Because our high school principal detested boring speeches at graduations, the valedictorian and salutatorian did not automatically deliver graduation speeches. Instead everyone in the National Honor Society wrote a speech. Once submitted, speeches were assigned a number to remove any … Continue reading
The Courage of Relationships
The Pathway of Courage Bob Patrick October 2022 The Courage of Relationships Relation is the essence of everything that exists. Meister Ekhart Individualism is embedded in the American psyche. We want our own space, our own time, our hamburgers our … Continue reading
Freeing My Mind
I was born in 1964. I’m the last of the baby boomers. Times were different back then. There was no such thing as being woke. No one was politically correct. Man hadn’t even walked on the moon yet and there … Continue reading