Courage
by Barbara Biziou
 Early last year, I walked on 1200 degree hot coals. I was participating in a Fire Walk in Vermont with 20 other people. When I shared my experience with people, many of them said, “You are so brave, what courage that must have taken.” Yet, to me, it was not about being courageous, rather it was about being so connected to Spirit that I could go beyond my old limiting concepts and move into an expanded state of being.
That started me thinking about courage. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language says that courage is “The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery.” It also comes from the word
couer which means heart.
There is a line in the song “the rose” that speaks to this, "The soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.”
When the desire to move forward and change is more powerful than our desire for “safety” than we miraculously gain the resources we need to courageously take a leap. It is like spirit has reached down and given us a hand to hold on to.
The key to courage is having a clear vision of where you are going. The details matter less than the essence. When I can feel the new unfolding, I have more momentum and use the excitement to propel me forward.
The second part is acknowledging your inner and outer resources. What have you done more than once that worked? What did it take to accomplish that goal? For me, it always comes down to my connection with spirit. When I take the time to be still and really listen, I am always given what I need. Then, miraculously, the perfect people come in to give me support, the perfect opportunities arise, and I can feel the excitement and challenges of the new being birthed. Sometimes it scares me, but I have learned that an old young part of me always gets terrified when I am about to make a leap...
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Copyright Barbara Biziou. This article was originally
published at our website, SoulfulLiving.com, in Fall 2006,
as part of Soulful Living's "Courage" Issue.
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