Courage

Courage is when you are afraid of something but still chose to face it. It’s like being brave. If you see someone getting bullied and you know the person who is being the bully the courage to stand up to him is hard but if you do it you are brave because even though you know him and talk to him he can end up trying to hurt you because you stopped it but sometimes courage is standing up to your own friends even if they don’t agree with you. That’s something brave that other people won’t do because they don’t want to be a “bad” friend.  

“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”

W. Clement Stone

I guess what this is trying to say is that to have the courage to say no is a big deal. Some people don’t have the courage to say no. Facing the truth is a huge courage as well as saying no. People should always be doing what is right just so they can feel good about themselves. Living like this will be a better lifestyle. Many more people will respect and trust people like that. I think that is the key to living life with integrity. 

Courage

I think what many people today need courage. I have to learn how to have courage myself. Often at times I don’t have the courage to say no to people when I think I should. There was this one time I lend a friend my homework assignment. I thought I was helping her since she didn’t do her homework and later on I asked her for my assignment and she misplaced it. I was upset at the fact that I worked hard on that assignment and didn’t get credit on it like she did. Later on she finally found my homework but I didn’t get the full credit. Had I chosen to have the courage to say no to a friend I would have turned in the homework assignment on time and gotten the full credit. Now I learned to have more courage to say no to a friend. I no longer let anyone copy my assignment. Instead I just help the person out with the assignment.