Courage Is Calling

Courage Is Calling analyzes the actions taken in difficult situations by some of history’s leading figures, thus drawing conclusions about what makes someone courageous and showing you how to become a braver person day-by-day, step-by-step.

Let’s start from the beginning. What is courage? The book defines it as someone’s ability to face danger, challenges, and life’s hardships. Within this concept, you can view courage in two ways: moral and physical courage. The first refers to one’s ability to act according to their moral compass and life principles. Although, that sometimes means defying societal rules, norms, people’s opinions, or putting themselves at risk. One good example of such courage is a whistleblower, or a person who signals something wrong knowing that they’re putting themselves at risk.

Then, there’s physical courage, or one’s ability to face great danger that may harm their physical integrity. Such people are usually soldiers, army officials, firefighters, movement leaders, etc. The bottom line is that as humans, we can become braver by facing the obstacles in our way with confidence, strength, and a willingness to overcome them. Although there are many risks associated with doing so, a brave person knows that it’s crucial to go ahead and try to overcome the challenge, rather than sitting in silence or turning a blind eye on it.

Throughout history, people who chose to be courageous often managed to change the world for the better. They left their fingerprint forever engraved in humanity’s history, even though they risked their lives for it. Such examples include equality advocates, presidents, peacemakers, scientists who defied what we previously knew, and many others. So, it may seem uncomfortable and scary at first. But you too can face whatever life is throwing at you with great bravery and end up victorious!

Everybody faces fear throughout their lifetime. Sometimes our fears, or phobias, are of great intensity, yet sometimes they’re just irrational little buzzers. Still, if you analyze them carefully, you’ll notice how overcoming them happens by acknowledging the reason behind the fear and overcoming it in your mind first, then through action. Frankly, it’s only normal! Making sense out of a dilemma and bringing logical reasoning into it makes it easier for us to get past the issue. Again, even the courageous feel fear, but it’s the way they react to it that matters. Analyzing a fear using logical reasoning can make it seem less frightening. This, in turn, will help us get past that situation. Greek philosophers often advocated for reason and logic as the one thing that differentiates humans from animals and helps us make sense of the world. Our fears are sometimes irrational, so use this tool within your mind to combat them.…