Every so often someone says to me, "You are so brave." It's a nice thing to hear, a hard thing to believe. I think most of us (all of us?) do brave things all the time. I remember when my younger son was learning to drive. It was winter and he was driving down a 2 lane highway. Coming the other direction was a snowplow, a big snowplow. The vehicles passed and I commented about how passing snowplows always made me a bit nervous; it felt like there wouldn't be enough room to get by. He replied, "Well, Mom, passing anything makes me nervous. I realized when I started to drive that at any moment I would be only a few feet away from hitting another vehicle. But, you can't let it bother you, you just have to get used to it." Aren't we all a bit brave driving every day? If we think too much about the responsibility, the consequences of a moment of distraction, we would never get behind the wheel.
Sure, making big life change requires some bravery. But, everyday living does, too.
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