Courage

Take all my vicious words

And turn them into something good

Take all my preconceptions

And let the truth be understood
Take all my prized possessions

Leave only what I need

Take all my pieces of doubt

And let me be what's underneath
Courage is when you're afraid

But you keep on moving anyway

Courage is when you're in pain

But you keep on living anyway
We all have excuses why

Living in fear something in us dies

Like a bird with broken wings

It's not how high he flies but the song he sings
Courage is when you're afraid

But you keep on moving anyway

Courage is when you're in pain

But you keep on living anyway
It's not how many times you've been knocked down

It's how many times you get back up

Courage is when you've lost your way

But you find your strength anyway
Courage is when you're afraid

Courage is when it all seems gray

Courage is when you make a change

And you keep on living anyway
You keep on moving anyway

You keep on giving anyway

You keep on loving anyway

COURAGE

Courage is a state of mind. 

It's the moment when all you wanna do is run and hide,

and instead you step out the door and into the sun. 

It's the moment when you feel battered and broken

and just wanna give up, and you keep on moving anyway. 

It's facing all that you're afraid of,

most times all alone,

and coming out the other side stronger

because you found your courage.

Sometimes it's hard as hell to keep going.

I know so many times I've just sat down and cried.

And though I'd have sat there forever

I know that I needed to get up and keep going.

Sometimes it wasn't even for myself

Sometimes my courage was for YOU,

or for my daughters

or for family

or friends

But at the end of the day

I keep moving

I still do

No matter how bad it seems

Or how hard it gets

At the end of the day

You gotta put one foot in front of the other

and keep on moving.

Because if you give up and sit down

when things get hard

they will NEVER get better

and you'll be stuck in that rut.

Trust me, I've been there too

It took amazing friends

showing me amazing things to live for

before I got off my ass and took that next step

But I am so very thankful they did.

I feel very honored today

I had a friend tell me that the song at the top of the page was me.

And I am so glad that I am inspiring to people.

I'm not perfect.  I'm human too.

Same as each one of you.

And I make all kinds of mistakes.

I fall and scrape my knee too.

And I have my share of scars

from a past that had to leave it's mark

But I am still here today.

Still stronger than I realize most days

until being strong is the only choice I have.

Because I had the courage to keep moving

when so many just give up and sit down.

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I LOVE YOU ALL

I THANK YOU ALL

AND NEVER FORGET THAT!

And if you ever need a hand up

Just ask.

LYZ