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4.5 rating based on 6 ratings
First NameLiberty
Contestant’s Age-10
Contestant’s Grade-5
Military RankE4
Service BranchAir Force
Entry TypeWritten Works

COURAGE

By : Liberty Dambacher

Courage is the quality that enables us to take risks, face challenges, and push past our fears. Courage does not just help you, it can also help other people around you too. Without courage, we would never step out of our comfort zones or pursue our dreams. But with courage, much is possible. With courage there comes happiness and love. Therefore as people live their lives with happiness and love then they will be able to enjoy what they are doing and who they are. With these attributes then people will be able to understand that success does not always come easy.

 

Courage helps us overcome obstacles. Along the way, we’ll constantly face obstacles, setbacks, and many challenges. But with courage, we can overcome them. Courage gives us the strength and resilience to keep going, even when things get tough. It allows us to stay focused on our goals and persevere through difficult times. Courage also helps us to navigate social and emotional challenges. courage is also connected to the use of more self-directed coping. In other words, ​​the practice of courage helps us to adapt in difficult situations, and to reach our personal goals.

 

What does courage mean? Courage is the quality of being ready and willing to face negative situations involving danger or hard times. A close synonym is bravery. Showing courage is often thought of as facing such situations without fear, but it also involves facing them despite fear. Practicing courageous action involves developing the mindset and behaviors that allow you to face fear, uncertainty, and adversity with determination and resilience. Courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness to take action despite it.

 

Courage is the basic laws of our life. Without courage, our lives would be full of meanness, hurtful words, bullies, and people who don’t know how to stand up to those they get taunted by. Courage is what the most important people in our history have shown. Courage gives you the ability to put aside your fear of failure and take the first steps. Courage helps you overcome the fear of rejection and engage your strength. Courage also allows you to attempt things that you have not tried before, despite your fear of looking foolish. Courage is a necessity to overcome fears and achieve a desired goal. Fear is something that exists in all of us. There is no hero or any particular courageous figure that is without fear. Being fearless is not required to be courageous, one simply has to look past or overcome their fears to possess this great quality.

 

To conclude, the word courage is a word that is used often, and has its own meaning. Having courage to do the impossible is experienced in our everyday lives without even thinking, such as, taking out the trash, going to school or taking a step onto an unknown street. it happens to us all, and can even have a dramatic impact on yourself, your future, and your very own life.

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