Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is being willing to face things we must regardless of how much they terrify us.
would display in front of parents, siblings, and friends, a small sample of the things they had learned that year. Naturally, I wasn't too fond of the idea of performing in front of a large crowd of people, much less alone. I had gotten out of such activities the whole school year... but there was no escaping this time.
level of comfort. It took three months for me to work up the courage to recite it to my mother. It took even longer to get it to the point where I was comfortable enough to perform it at the end of the year program.
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