To live your passion…you need courage.

I love the poem about courage and the image of the penguins. Have you seen the film “March of the Penguins”? Penguins are actually quite amazing creatures and they have a LOT of courage…certainly much more than I have!

Thank you Giovanna, it does take courage to change direction in the things that we are doing. Some times like the people that you talked about, going back to school, down sizing, a lot of changes to make that happen. It can be done. It can be worth the effort. Go for it make the changes, Do What Is Needed.
Dan and Deanna “Marketing Unscrambled”

Nice article and very nice poem. Courage is an essential constituent to survival and change. without it there is simply no moving forward.

Yes, I absolutely loved the poem. It is so true go for the gusto in life….it is so easy to back off. But, that is what determines success. Thank you for your inspiring post!

Courage is one sure sign that we have passion in the first place. Passion is very much like love, it’s so strong it will make its way even when there seems to be no way.

Hi Gio .. courage to do your own thing and when that happens everything else will happen too .. thanks for reminding us .. I love the picture of the penguins ..

Thanks - Hilary Melton-Butcher
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It has probably been said, but it’s worth repeating:

The greatest fear isn’t that we will fail, its that we will actually succeed and achieve our dreams.

Certainly courage is needed ,and I think faith as well. We need to have faith, to believe without a doubt that if we follow the desire in our hearts that the way will be made. To believe in our heart and mind that we have ALREADY received is a powerful process. I honestly believe that when we the desire shows itself in our heart, that along with that desire comes the ability to achieve it. =)
Great article and an inspiring one.

Giovanna,

I like what the poster said - to find something that matters more than the fear. Great examples you gave too.

Hi Giovanna. The words “Don’t let your comfort zone trap you for life.” really jumped out at me here. What a contradiction eh? Being trapped by “comfort”.

Hi Giovanna,

Great examples and stories of those who followed their Passion. Living life without passion isn’t quite living at all.

Our favorite line from the poem, “It is feeling happy and alive, and moving forward….”

Beautiful post. Thank you so much for always Inspiring.

Many Blessings….
Roxanne and Hugo ~ Believe Achieve

Hi Giovanna,

Beautiful message and one that we all need to heed in life. A life that is full of passion is possible and it does take courage to go after it. Life is too short not to take any chances.

Thanks for this — the career change stories reminded me of a few people I know who want to change their careers but have families and so they’re afraid of taking the next step. What I think people often don’t realize is that if they go and do something that they really feel inspired about, they uplift their families and everyone around them.

Hi Giovanna,

I am honored that you thought of me while you wrote this post. Hopefully, one day soon, I will be able to tell you that I achieved what I wanted.

Courage is a very under-stated quality that often gets overlooked!

Sometimes, just getting up and starting another day is an act of courage. Sometimes saying no, instead of yes. Or believing that you can when everybody else thinks that you can’t.

Courage should be celebrated more often, I say!

So thanks for for this post. Imperfect action indeed…

Steve

Woooowww…. that lil piece of poem up there is too good. I am sure you must have gone through some tough times by urself..or you must have scanned by brain and put that thing on paper. Either way i loved it. By the way i watched ‘Happy Feet’ … Well,,, it’s more or less like you said back up there..

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Get Excited & Stay Excited— Hi Giovanna!

What a lovely name. I was passing through or rather looking up some topics and came across this blog post. I have to say I agree with you. I believe having courage goes hand in hand with living your passions. We have to commit to it and have the courage to take ACTION. Awesome post. Thanks for sharing!

Blessings, Love & Light…
Kantrese Smith

Hi Everyone of you out there: Courage is a conscious choice you make. It is taken in an instant. Decide what you really really want. Each of the action steps you take thereafter takes you towards or away from your Goals. Whatever you dream, you believe, you will achieve. Speak right. Do not procrastinate. Do not worry what others think, do or say. True life is too short. Start just Now. Whatever dreams you have, God has already empowered you. You can make it and much much more. You are precious. There are no one like you in the entire universe. Stand tall, think BIG and expand your Dreams. You can achieve, what ever you focus on.

Love,

Ravee Thuppala
“ALWAYS GOOD”

Keith, I think there is a definite distinction between courage and faith. Faith is a nice idea, but if you have faith that it will definitely work out, that’s not courage. That’s faith. I think courage by definition is doing something in the face of possible defeat. This is part of what makes me think many positive religious actions are questionable, even if they are good, or avoid bad action ie. Is the faithful follower doing something good because they truly have the COURAGE to do the good thing in the face of tall risks and from their own heart, or are they doing it just because they have FAITH and belief in a higher being that will PUNISH them if they do not do good in the face of risk, and avoid doing bad, and because they have FAITH that it will all work out for them in the end if they follow whatever their “god” says. Definitely a difference.

Faith is blind. Courage knows the dangers, and goes forward anyway.