Courage

Courage is doing something that forces you to face your fears.  Courage is different for everyone because everyone has different fears.  Of course the people that chase down bank robbers and shoot down airplanes are courageous because that is definitely something that requires courage, but there are smaller things that require courage also.  For example, some people are extremely afraid of speaking in public, so it requires a lot of courage for that person to get up and speak in front of a room full of people.          Courage is an emotion that not everyone has.  Some people have a lot of courage and are able to do brave things, while others are not courageous and they never face their fears.  Courage is standing up to your fears and facing them head on.  No matter how big or small a fear is it takes courage for a person to get over that fear.  Everyone is different and everyone has different opinions so there could be something that took a lot of courage fold a certain person to do, but in your mind it was a very simple task.  For example, getting on an airplane.   For some people it is a piece of cake, they just get in their and read until they reach their destination, but for others it is a huge fear and they need to have a lot of courage to be able to sit on that plane as it flies through the air.         A person does not have to be an adult to have courage.  Everyone has fears even from the youngest toddler.  Although very small babies probably do not understand fears, but once a child becomes a year or two old they start to recognize fears in the world.  Once a person has fears they need to have courage in order to face their fears.  Even the smallest fear takes a certain amount of courage.  Of course small fears do not take as much courage as shooting down an airplane, but there is still some courage required for the smallest fears.      In my opinion the people that have the most courage are the people that serve for our country in the military.  Whether it is the army, navy, marine corps, or air force they are all extremely brave and courageous.  I know I would never be able to survive going to Afghanistan and living there for a significant amount of time.  It takes a lot of courage to know that there are people that want to kill you and shoot at you, but you have to be brave and courageous enough to stand up and fight.      Courage is a strong emotion and everyone possesses it somewhere deep in their bodies.  Sometimes it is more difficult for some than others, but if people are willing to stand up and fight their fears it takes courage.  Everyone's view on courage is different, but in my opinion if you are able to face your fears, no matter how small, then you have courage.