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Courage Definition Essay

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Courage by definition is the ability to withstand failure or face your fears. To me, courage is a way of life. It helps conserve my principles in life and to follow them with all my heart. Courage gives me the purpose to stay on track with my goals laying far away, without deterring from my path. It is the strength I get from within to do my best at anything I am doing, whether it be a chore or any daily life struggle. Courage helps me stay humble and envision the compassion I have for my set goals. It is courage that helps me persevere through all my fears regarding school work. No matter how difficult the work can be, it is courage that helps me fight through all the hard work so that I can look at a complete task, a fruit of my struggle and courage. Courage is …show more content…

However, to focus on one major example of courage, I would like to think of the time my pet cat passed away. I had grown up with Garfield till the day he passed away, I was only 9 years old. I told myself that I had to hold it in and not allow myself to be weak, to not allow sorrow overcome me. As I have aged since then, I look back and think that was probably the most courageous thing I have done thus far. I had taught myself the starting steps of being an adult even though I was very young but I taught myself how to gather my courage and myself to look forward with life. I would ensure I would not drown myself in the memories of my pet cat or affect my daily life decisions. Another example can be when I had spoken up against bullies who were picking on my friend, back in school when I was much younger. It took me a lot of courage to be brave and actually speak up against a wrong action. Even though I was only one person against a lot of them, my action was just and courageous, hence no one dared to speak back at me or even tried to justify their actions. Courage is what assists me in driving my life towards a hopeful

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