Don’t Be Scared!
I grew up in an old farmhouse that had two dim and musty attics, a dark, multi-chambered and cobwebby basement, a ramshackle garage and a…
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Don’t Be Scared!
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Courage Quote of the Day
Courage Quote of the Day
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought…
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The Sea of Stories
The Sea of Stories
“Iff explained that these were the Streams of Story, that each coloured strand represented and contained a single tale. Different parts of the Ocean contained…
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Courage Book Review – Why Courage Matters, by John McCain
Courage Book Review – Why Courage Matters, by John McCain
In Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life we have a small, accessible book for adult readers (or teen readers, of course) by…
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Courage is Not the Absence of Fear
Courage is Not the Absence of Fear
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. ~ Ambrose Redmoon As parents, we…
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What Animals Can Teach Us About Pain
What Animals Can Teach Us About Pain
“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. For a time I rest in the…
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Courage Quote of the Day
Courage Quote of the Day
Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it. ~ Salvador Dali
Are You the Ant or the Grasshopper? And Which Are You Raising?
Are You the Ant or the Grasshopper? And Which Are You Raising?
A fable from Aesop that has seen a lot of play over the centuries is the Ant and the Grasshopper. The story extols the industrious…
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Courage Quote of the Day
Courage Quote of the Day
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. ~ Katherine Paterson
A Hurricane is Coming!
A Hurricane is Coming!
Hurricane Irene headed my family’s way recently. Were we scared? No. Did we decide to cut short our RV vacation by one night in order to avoid…
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