Exploring Happiness #45- Contradiction Poem by June Stepansky

Where do we find the courage to face life’s calamities?
Whatever kind of courage we seek, physical or emotional, requires that we ultimately face our fears and eventually triumph over them.
There can be comfort in the knowledge that we are not alone in our vulnerability and that we share the dangers of living with all other living creatures.
One way of coping is to learn to protect ourselves and to try to cultivate the support of others who might help us through the inevitable times of difficulty so that we can eventually survive our hardships and once again enjoy life’s many pleasures.

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Courage is acting in spite of fear.
Howard W. Hunter

As for courage and will—we cannot measure how much
of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be
sufficient to carry us through the trials which may lie ahead.
Andre Norton