Knowledge, strength, wealth, status, excellence, many different words, many different meanings.

But they do share one important thing, and that's that they are all outcomes.

They are not obtainable by themselves, just like an effect can't take shape without the cause

that contributed to its materialization.

Right?

They need something else, a seed, a root, a foundation. If excellence were

the tallest building in your city and you ripped it apart piece by piece until only the core

existed, only that foundation, What you would see is courage.

Because courage is the thing that gives you a platform to build on.

Every starting block is comprised of unknowns.

Every endeavor, every journey, every time you start something new, you're by definition a rookie.

You're at the bottom of some pecking order.

And I want you to never be fearful of these situations, but to be thankful for them.

They're the roots that allow the tree to grow.

And the only thing required for you to move forward is having the courage to say yes.

Life is opportunity. The world around you is opportunity. Some people close their eyes and ignore it.

Others choose to see it. Courage is never closing your eyes. Everything around you is courage.

That building you're walking by, someone had the courage to start that construction company, the music you're listening to.

Someone had the courage to put their art out there into the world to embrace the critics, the naysayers, the envious.

They didn't stop. And now their creativity is flowing out of your headphones

and into your life.

Courage is the understanding.

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