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Fear v Courage
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Saturday, April 26, 2025    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Fear v. Courage

Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
or what’s a heaven for?
  --Robert Browning

 

Life is not about searching for mountains of wealth
We need no shining star to bring us comfort or health.
Life begins by soaring with eagles for fun
And greeting others in search of their place in the sun.
It’s about taking risks with a controlled anxiety
And turning over that last stone for our own curiosity.

Life is for the strong, the calm and the brave
And those who take chances not those who just rave
It’s for those who put trust high on their list of needs
Not loyalty to an ideology full of misguided deeds.

When days are dark and times are tough
And the winds and the rain blow hard
That’s the time to stiffen your resolve a bit
There’s always more to put you on guard

They say to the victor go the spoils
But we were never in it for treasure
We stood our ground without pomp or circumstance
When to finish was such a pure pleasure.

Free to choose is more than mere words
That carry a very high price
They mean to look danger in the eye
Whatever the sacrifice.

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "Fear v Courage"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on April 30, 2025
Well written. Shows I'll brave you are in the face of change.

There's very little that I am afraid of. But when I am afraid I can tell because my spine will tell me that it's time for flight… I never will win a fight. But I have a plan… Ram 'em in the shin with your wheelchair foot rest like a tank and they may fall on you swinging while they go down in pain.

But if balancing on the edge with me in the wheelchair I am tied in, tottering, just relax and let me either fall or stay there on the edge until someone comes along to save me.

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on April 26, 2025
The dichotomous nature of your two featured words are so dependent on each other when hope and trust seem lost and one realizes courage can exist without fear, but there must always be a need to move or adjust the obstacle. You've given credence to what seems to be a daily pill when one stays abreast of way fear is being patronized for lack of courage. Thank you for reminding us all that to not stay completely aware of these two words every day is to accept the option that we should never entertain: defeat..


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