COURAGE

what is courage? is it confidence? is it bravery...? Somebody told me; there was once this guy who had to write an essay on "what is courage?".. He just took a marker and wrote the word "COURAGE" in caps across the page, then handed it in.... In the end he got an A. lol!

so.. is that courage? maybe. Sometimes, i feel that courage is the power to let go of the familiar. or pherhaps.. courage, is the strength behind the miracles. courage, is the spirit that enables one to face what must be faced.but.. what about the other forms of courage? it takes courage for the husband to go into war and fight, but doesnt it take courage for the wife to sit at home and await whatever comes ahead? i don't know, maybe it doesnt. but i'd much rather be fighting than waiting at home.

afterall...
it takes a different form of courage to accept the things you cannot change.
it takes a different form of courage to sit and do nothing, for nothing must be done.
it takes a different form of courage to pretend you don't know, when you really do.
it takes a different form of courage to tell yourself it's okay when it's not.
it takes a different form of courage to tell you to go, when i really just want you to stay..
it takes a different form of courage to be saying this, becos i knw you knw wad i'm thinking abt.

pherhaps it's not courage at all. just strength that you need.. but... to me.. it's this "courage" that i lack. this strength that i simply cannot find in me. this courage that i need to face up to reality and do what must be done... this courage that'll prevent me from haunting myself.

wake up, eunice.