COURAGE What is a Man? An alphabetical list of attributes to which every man should attain.
What is a man? An alphabetical list of attributes to which every man should attain. C Courageous Webster’s definition, “The mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.” I’ve heard it said that it’s not the absence of fear, it’s acting in spite of fear. The opposite of being courageous is being a coward, which might be defined as, “a higher level of fear than a situation calls for, or a low level of confidence”. My boys have had to learn what true courage is. As boys, at an early age they wanted to take risks. “Dad, can we climb on the roof and ski down onto that big snow pile?” “Dad, can we jump from the really high cliff over there.” You notice that they’re asking me and not Mom. They know they share something with me that Mom does not possess. Not courage necessarily, but the willingness to take risks. In those situations and many others I would try to teach them that there’s a difference between being courageou