C is for Courage #atozchallenge

Zita

Good on you! And I have enjoyed watching your courage unfollowed!! I wish I lived more courageously!!!
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Ananya Kiran

You are so right ! Well written 🙂
Courage was something I never had.
It was born within me when my fears increased.
It was the option, I chose to survive.
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Pinky Poinker

I admire you for what you did. I would find it difficult to move cities let alone countries. Mind you I did go back to University as a single Mum of 5 kids at 40 years of age so that was a bit brave.
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Rhondi St.Onge Peacock

This is the third letter I have visited for and I am so very impressed by your insight. I look forward to reading more. Just stopped by (again) from A-Z… Cheers.

Rajlakshmi

It’s inspiring how you have overcome all the fears and apprehensions… Maybe situations make us courageous… Sometimes it’s deep inside us and comes out only when faced with tough times
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floodproofmum

Wow that certainly was courageous – moving countries! Well done, you have followed your dreams and everything has worked out for you 🙂
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Danny Simon

Wow! You seem to have been through quite a lot! Love that quote… you truly cannot avoid fear but choosing to act right through it requires a lot of courage…n there’s no life without taking a few risks, is there? Great post

Irene Waters

I can’t believe how similar our two posts are. I just put mine in Facebook and saw yours there. Great minds think alike I thought but until coming and reading your post I did not realise just how similar we are. Totally agree with your courage post. I’m going to follow as I’m intrigued as to how your adventures pan out. Well done on being courageous. Cheers Irene

Rajrupa Gupta (@IRajrupa)

Wow! You have been through quite a lot. Facing one’s worst fear is the most courageous thing indeed! Not many of us have it.
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Annie

Hey! Thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂 Great choice of word there. 2013 was the most courageous I have ever been too… I quit my well paying, cushy job (one that I LOVED at that!) for literally… the unknown. I don’t think it was like me at all, because I am the kind of person who likes being in control, and has their life planned out for the near future at all times.

Before I quit, I also gathered the courage to go tell my boss, who I greatly admire and have learnt many things from, that this was the end of the line for me here, because there is nothing else for me to learn anymore. ‘The fear of the unknown probably made me stay in it longer than I should have.’ — this describes perfectly what happened to me with my job as well!

Great post, look forward to coming here often! 🙂
Annie.
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Cheryl

It takes a lot of courage to change something that’s not working. The older I get, the less I want to waste my time and the more I want to live my life more fully. Good for you!

sugandha

Every morning you come up with something positive for us to carry through the day. It is important to be courageous… I am trying to build it up in my personal life at the moment. I think I will look back to your post for support.
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Sharon

Loved your story of courage. I didn’t get which country you came from and went to! That is brave anyway you look at it! Enjoy the challenge. Visiting from A to Z Challenge! It took courage for me to start it!
Have a great day wherever you ended up!
Sharon
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA here

Carrie-Anne Foster (thatdizzychick)

I love this one. Pinned it, too 🙂 It’s a great photo, great message, and a great story.

Carrie~Anne at That Dizzy Chick
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G Angela

I liked this post on courage, and I am inspired by your courage, at such a young age. I was courageous to make a choice to go ahead with my pregnancy not knowing how the child is going to be, as the doctors predicted that i may have special child. I continued with fear and insecurity and had a down syndrome child. I loved him and enjoyed his company for 7 years and i had the courage to let go of him, when he was contracted with bronchal pneumonia.

I continue my life with my 13 year old daughter and I believe that my life has a purpose, even though it sometimes hurts me when i think of my son ..

S(t)ri

My favorite quote <3 C is indeed for Courage and Coffee too 😛
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Julie Jordan Scott

Courage is one of those intense C words. I almost used it for the Bold Writer but went with Commitment and a quote very similar to this one, actually. Perhaps Rollo May and Mark Twain met over tea someplace in heaven? Or maybe hot toddy’s? Who knows. Your boldness shines through your story.

I’m grateful you shared it here. Happy A to Z!
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Archana

Kudos to you! Courage is something we all must have especially women. You have what it takes to succeed. Good Luck and God bless!
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S. Katherine Anthony

I’ve always loved that quote. Such a simple and powerful truth to it!
Good for you for facing fear and inspiring us with your own courage. I’m glad you now have that chin up and are enjoying making new memories. Go you!
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Pooja Mahimkar

hmm… the courage to finally give in and explore the unknown is difficult and more power to you for having overcome that!

Philip Michaelson

Great post. Very true! We only get one shot at life and there are no rewards for regret.

Sreeja Praveen

Courage is the best option we can choose to live a meaningful life. It is a choice, always. C for courage, n choice. 🙂
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Aditi

Loved the post! Being courageous expanded your life – I can relate to that and completely agree!
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Caro Ness

Couldn’t agree with you more!

nabanita

Wow that must have taken some courage…Goon on you girl…Well let’s see for me the first thing that comes to my mind is dousing the flames when I was on fire…And after that day I somehow saw a lot of things clearly…that was courage for me in the literal and figurative sense…

Random Thoughts Naba
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simple girl

At this juncture of my life, I am desperately want to be courageous. Though that is not happening at the pace I want it to be, nevertheless I am trying towards it …
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Shail

I agree with the Mark Twain quote. And you seem to have done the same. Kudos on that. I was a very meek and docile person who turned around when the need arose. Perhaps if not forcd, I’d still be that meek person being pushed around? But now I can’t even visualize that possibility 🙂
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Suzy

Feel the fear and do it anyway. Good on ya PB. Excellent post and Courage is a good choice for C. I love the pictures you put at the start of your posts.
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Beloo Mehra

That is indeed a great quote from Mark Twain! Good to know a bit more about you through this “courageous” post. I like how you ended this post about finding new you through courage. Some years ago I did something that my mother thought was unwise at that time, but there was something inside me that kept pushing me to take that plunge…an inner courage that tells you all will be well, just go for it!
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Shesha Chaturvedi

You have explained courage here perfectly! It is certainly not easy to move to a new place all alone, I could never think of doing so. Yes courage is breaking the hard shells of comfort zones as and when needed… 🙂
P.S. Loved the quote and image 🙂
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swathi shenoy

well written pb 🙂 am learning to be courageous!!

do drop by
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Sushree Dash

On the other side of being courageous lies a rediscovery of our true self 🙂 Good one indeed ….I hope every one musters up enough courage to move on in life …..
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Shailajav

It’s the first few steps in a new zone that scare us the most. If we overcome that, then the courage to do well propels us forward. I am so glad that you did what you felt courageous about. And Life is after all, one courageous adventure after the other. 🙂
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Soumya

And cheers to the new you! Over coming fear is the first step of victory! 🙂
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Sheethal

Courage is something I’m yet to gain!
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Obsessivemom

Courage sets you free, isn’t it? All the time we spend being scared we stop ourselves from doing so many things but once we gather the courage and go out there we’re capable of almost anything. I find your post very inspiring.
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Cheryl Malandrinos

Wonderful post. Congratulations on all you’ve accomplished. I love that quote from Twain too. I think the way I live courageously is by not giving up with my writing. I have two books published with two more under contract, but finding an agent yet hasn’t been successful. Still, I keep plugging away.

Wishing you the best.
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Michelle Liew

You took a huge leap of faith…but it was a great decision! A great share!
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Kathy

It takes courage to do what you did. Amazing. Some days I think it takes courage to just get out of bed and face another day…LOL Inspiring post♥

Kimberly Gauthier

I haven’t often wished I was brave enough to leave behind the familiar and start fresh. Today, I love my life and I wouldn’t dare leave. But there are other hurtles to overcome, like my fear of conflict. Last year, I was hit with opportunities again and again until I finally started finding tools to help me get over that fear. Today, great opportunities are finding me, because I got a little more courageous.
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Sitara Nair

You know courage sprouts when you are challenged to push your fears down…..
Wonderful….girl….the move to step into a foreign land
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belindareger

Good to know your so courageous, I am courageous but, tend to fail at times. I need that push. Very nice post and love your writing.
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Shine Kapoor

Life is all about courage, I do not let my fears dictate my actions. Nice post!

Richa Singh

Courage is normally one the few things precursor to all elements in life. Every single quality starts with it..
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Lisa Williams

Great post! I wished I have lived more courageously when I was young and went as far as looking for another job in another state where I knew no one, nothing panned out so I stayed put. I’m happy with my life now, I’m married and have two beautiful daughters. I always encourage my kids to be courageous and try things they aren’t sure they will like or get out and meet new people.

I applaud you!
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Gunilla Redelius

That’s a great quote! It’s true that certain things look courageous for an outsider, but isn’t for ourselves, and also the other way around. You never know what kind of fears other people are fighting with, inside. I enjoyed reading this post!
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Debbie

You certainly were very courageous to accomplish all that you did. Congratulations!
I’m not quite so brave, but slowly am leaving my comfort zone more and more to pursue the writing muse. Best wishes for your further success.

PNA

Way to go PB! It requires courage to step out of our comfort zone, it takes courage to see that things are not working out and take a decision.. that’s courage.. very well written

xoxo
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Drusilla

Am so happy I discovered your blog through the A to Z Challenge. Your posts are soothing and you ask profound questions.

I’m living courageously right now by writing a book. Check out this Loved As If, about being orphaned as a little girl, living in a brutal abusive family, searching for healing, and finding it. The painful experiences are difficult to write about but it’s even harder to write about is how God stayed w/ me & cared for me even when other people didn’t.

The second courageous way I’m living is by working to raise the funds to self publish my book.

Other than that, just living requires courage every day. I look forward to checking in on your blog again & again.
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Inderpreet Kaur Uppal

It is all about faith in one’s own self. The mind might be confused but the heart will guide you.
Great post and you Go Girl!!
All the best for a great life on your terms!.
Health and Happiness Always.
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maggie

So good! The beauty is you are never prepared to be courageous, it just happens and then there is no looking back.

Stephanie Smith

That was an awesome post. If you never take the risk and be courageous to do something different then your with alot of “what ifs”. Twelve years ago I got married. I was so scared to ever marry because of my parents divorce. I took the courageous step and said yes when he proposed to me.
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Nibha

Loved the quote! and I’m loving your A-Z posts! They are filling me with new motivation and inspiration!
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Stephanie

I completely agree! I know people who say they “aren’t afraid of anything.” But that, to me, either means they aren’t being truthful with me, or themselves. If you acknowledge your fears, and face them head on – that’s courage! Thanks for sharing!
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Kathy

I’m not courageous enough to live in a foreign country. Even when I was 21 (which was a long time ago, although it seems like just yesterday!). Good job! Keep up the good work, and courageousness 🙂
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pinksocks

May you stay courageous 🙂
All the best.
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Maanne Lopez

I did something that took a lot of courage, but before I prepared myself that what I’m about to do may or my not be a happy ending. I was really holding back but I don’t want ‘What Ifs’ anymore. Glad I held to that little courage 🙂
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