Equating courage with toughness
is wrongheaded.
Courage doesn’t come from
“man-ing up”
(why don’t we say woman-ing up?)
“growing a pair”,
“jumping in headfirst”,
“risking it all”,
or any of the usual claptrap.
Courage comes from appropriate vulnerability.
To say it another way:
Vulnerability is the well-spring,
the source
that gives life
to courage.
Are you willing to tap in?