Gaining needed courage

“Spiritual courage is remembering who we are,“ by Reverend Baltz, has some spiritual gems to think about in mustering courage to do the right thing.

Baltz wrote, in part:

“True courage is giving yourself permission to be true to yourself, no matter what others may say or think.

“That greatest human fear of being alone is often enough to make us go against our inner convictions and go along with the group even [when] we know it isn’t the right path for us. That fear has allowed great tragedies to occur…from genocide to the destruction of our environment.” Or “…for instance, when a great idea is never spoken aloud because it goes against the group thought.

“I believe that spiritual courage is the art of remembering. Remembering that we are never truly alone…that we are part of All That Is, part of God…And this awareness can give wings to our intuition and ideas, because it allows that each person can be unique and special, and still be part of the Whole.”

Courage

Do you have the courage of a hummingbird?

Reportedly, the speedy flickers have scared off eagles from devastating their nests. How the little twitters could send a proportionately monstrous bird like an eagle in the other direction sounds incredulous, but it has happened.

Patricia Upczak, in her article, “Joyful courage,” gives several examples of courage in action that changed the world. She points out that courage is not according to worldly position, stature, or prominence, but according to joyful delight in living a life of integrity.

With the many injustices facing the world today, we all could benefit from mustering more courage of the right sort to face down evil.

Take a look. I’ll think you’ll enjoy her examples of courage in action.

“Moral courage is requisite to meet the wrong and to proclaim the right.” Mary Baker Eddy