What is courage? Courage is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Everyone has courage, even if they don’t think they do. I know for a fact that I have more courage than I could have ever thought of.
You can only know how much courage you have, when you are placed in a situation that forces you to have it. For me, that came April of my sophomore year of high school. I was placed in a situation where my courage was put to the test. I was raped. In a situation like that the only thing that really keeps you alive after is courage.
I had the strength afterwards to continue to live my life. I could have just stayed in a never-ending state of depression and not dealt with it. However, I was able to pick myself up, with the help of others, and live my life.
Now, because of my experiences, I know that I have to courage to do anything. I have the courage to survive the most traumatic events, and come out a better person because of what I’ve learned.
I have the courage to grow into whatever I can so that I can survive and be a better person in turn. If my life has taught me anything thus far it’s that I have the courage to grow.
