I found this quote earlier, after trying to reflect on a quality others have said they see in me that I often do not. I often feel afraid and cowardly, thinking there are so many more actions I could be taking to courageously stride toward my goals, my dreams. But maybe this quote can shed a little light for me. Maybe the continued belief in my dream, no matter how weak at times, is a true form of courage I do have. I heard earlier today on a Ted talk that sometimes the bigger actions of our lives, changing careers, changing a relationship, deciding to move, are the actions that are big enough they seem to propel themselves on their own energy. There is definite courage in making any of these choices, but the choices themselves seem to help bring out a courage we didn't even know we had, purely out of the action behind them. However, it is the smaller, daily actions that we can choose which require a deeper sense of courage in ourselves. The little things every day that add up over time, like deciding to change in the ways we can at present, to continuously keep becoming the person we most want to be. To continue striving towards being the best versions of ourselves, no matter how many times we fuck up and don't accomplish as much as we would have liked to on any given day. Giving ourselves the acknowledgement that some days just aren't going to be what we think our best should be, but we still choose to try again, and again. This choice, to continue striving towards a dream, towards growth, towards the continual betterment of ourselves while loving ourselves for the perfect beings we are in the present, this choice is the choice of the courageous. "I will try again tomorrow."
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