Does This Taste Funny to You?Not long ago I wrote about the giddy pleasures of the tall-tale form in the wildly exaggerated physical courage of Pecos Bill. Today I want…
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Courage Book Review: Three Little Three Little PigsKnow how you can tell this classic is about physical courage? All the huffing and puffing! Just as The Three Billy Goats Gruff had plenty…
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Courage Quotation of the DayPhysical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man…
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Perseverance: The Courage of a Spider“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never.” – Churchill If you’ve ever seen the movie Braveheart, you know something of Scotland’s…
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Pecos BillThis American tall tale – or collection of tales – comes from the great tradition of brag stories from the Wild West. Decades of cowboys…
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Plan BI have two anecdotes to share today, and then something to say about them. Last year, my friend B. shared a wonderful “Plan B” story…
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Making Friends with FearMe making friends with Fear As some of you dear readers may recall, I decided to adopt a fearless approach to life in 2012. Trust…
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Courage Challenge Report: Dealing with DragonsIt being an unusually mild February break, my daughter, the Lovely K., declared her intention to sleep outside in a tent. We set it up…
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5-Minute Courage Workout: Pull Up a Chair and Make Yourself Uncomfortable!Compiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: Part of developing physical courage is to gain, through experience, a comfort with discomfort. It is impossible to…
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Courage Question of the DayHere at Lion’s Whiskers we are hoping to collect examples of physical courage. To recap, here’s how we define physical courage: Physical courage is the…
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