What is currently occurring in your life right now are things you likely had no way of expecting three, two or even one year ago.  How you feel about that is more of a choice than you may realize.  Your first response may be one of victim.  Take the opportunity to see it in a different way.  See is as requiring courage and feel the strength that gives you. You may recognize the heart necklace from a different story I told in the book. Hidden within that story is courage. Don’t you think? The following are passages from my book The Path to a More Inspiring Future.

“We need to have courage for some life experiences we had not expected or that we could see coming but we were not able to protect ourselves in advance.” 

In my smallness

I stand tall.

Courage nudges me forward

with unfamiliar strength;

Every day a new day;

Every step a new step.

Courage strengthens me,

embraces me,

moves me.

“You are courageous! Finding your courage for the steps ahead of you may be easier than you think. Courage is the starting point for every new concept we bring into our lives. There is beauty in courage. It is the inner beauty others can see when they say someone is beautiful inside and out.”

Notice that the root of the word courage is “cour” which means heart.  Your courage is rooted in your heart.

May you recognize the courage in your heart and feel the inner strength it gives you.

Marie Knapp