The courage to be what God created you to become.

I've been thinking a lot lately about the word "Courage."  Why would one need courage for anything?  Well, it turns out that we all need courage at one time or another.  And above all, we need the courage to be what God has created us to become.  Makes you think doesn't it?

Hamlet's soliloquy is a challenge of all times, "To be or not to be, that is the question."  So every morning when I jump out of bed, I ask myself a simple question, "How am I going to add value to my becoming today?"  None of us is a finished product, so everyday is an opportunity to be better at what you do.  If you do good today, you can do better tomorrow, and best the next day.  The excitement  and meaning of life is not in repeating the things you know how to do, but in exploring how it can be done differently.  If you don't do that, someone else is going to beat you at your own game.  And you may end up fishing by lake side...grey with boredom.  Literally!

Making the move forward demands courage, because nothing worth noticing comes cheap.  I suppose you've heard all of that before?  But how many times do we get stuck in the rut of despair ready to give up on an idea that could change the world?  How often do we listen to that strange "voice" that keeps harping on our weak points?  Sadly that is not going away, we just need the courage to push through.  Remember, great men and women were born the same way as you were.  They are not a different species!

You too can make it happen.  Whatever it is.  COURAGE!