COURAGE
Courage is at the foundation of my life and coaching.
Let’s do a wee history detour, shall we?
COURAGE comes from the Latin root cor = ‘heart’.
(HEART = cœur in French, corazón in Spanish, etc)
Hence describing someone courageous as “lion hearted”.
When life invites us to embody courage, it is pointing us to a force that comes not from our fragile mind but from the unwavering strength of the heart.
It summons the fierce energy that lies within us that is willing to risk it all for freedom and love.
Courage is the driving force that allows us to be, speak, and act in alignment with the truth that lives within, our inner authority… regardless of what the OUTER authority might be asking of us.
Courage is aware of the potential price of making an unpopular choice, speaking a dangerous truth or stepping out of the comfort zone our ego desperately wants to cling to:
The pain of being misunderstood, rejected, judged as ‘crazy’, even ´losing´ friends or loved ones, are all potential consequences of following our hearts.
Yet despite all of these risks, courage calls us to step forward.
Courage knows that there’s no bigger agony than to live a life that betrays who we really are.
This doesn’t mean fear isn’t present, we’re still human, after all!
However, courage is vast enough to welcome fear - without allowing it to take control.
A life of liberation will asks us again and again to sacrifice all that we thought we were.
The identities we’ve built.
The stories, beliefs and masks we’ve held on to.
The illusion of permanence and control.
“Die before you die”, say the Sufis.
When life points out: “Look! this is where you’re not free”, courage is the sword that allows us to cut through all that binds us.
This path is not for the faint-hearted.
And yet, if we allow life to remove all that stands in the way… we will realise all of those “loses” were insignificant in order to remember who we really are.
Then love, who has been beckoning us every step of the way, shall whisper to our ear “welcome home, beloved”.