Muster Up The Courage

It's a funny situation to be in, when you really want to do something, but you are held back. All too often, you are held back by yourself. You are full of fear and doubt and hesitation, so you have to muster up the courage to step forward and do what you want.

The irony to me is that courage is seen as this great, valorous quality, but ultimately, it is simply removing your inhibitions. If you are thinking about writing a novel, you may not do it because you fear the work, fear you might fail to finish, fear you may be embarrassed when others hear about it, fear that it sucks. But beneath all of that, you want to write that novel!

Courage, in this case, is ignoring those fears and pushing forward. You may do so because you are more confident than fearful. You may do so because you lied to yourself and said that you weren't afraid. Whyever you did it, you overcame your inhibitions.

If courage is simply overcoming your inhibitions, it is no wonder that alcohol is known as "liquid courage".

However you choose to do it, realize that your fear is a cover-up. Whatever it is you think you're debating, you know what the answer is. Muster up the courage and do it.