Courage - All That You Can Muster

Your courage is limitless, but you must remind yourself of this in every moment. The learned pattern of fearfulness will always rise to the occasion to dismantle your plans, your power, and your vision. You must summon courage - all that you can muster - to rise to the need of the moment. You are like an ocean, waves rise up and crash, but no single wave defines the sea. Similarly, no single wave of fear defines your journey, charts your path, or creates your identity. So when those waves show up, summon the courage of the deepest depths within you to show that wave that there is an ocean of courage ready to meet it, to be with it, and eventually, to release it. You may get “sick” (get it?) of this process as it happens over and over and over. But the ocean never tires of the waves rising and crashing within it. It is powerful enough to be with each and every one. And so are you.

Each day that you rise is a new day to meet the opportunity arising within you. Be with it. Do not let it lead, but make space for it to make its waves and release. My mother once shared a quote with me that has stuck with me: “Do not fear using up all your courage, you get a refill the next day.”

Waves of fear may show up at any time, night or day, but do recognize that they are just waves. There is an ebb and flow. They are not static or stuck and they move through you if you create the space for them to do so. So ride the wave. When you recognize its emergence, manifest your courage - all that you can muster - from the depths of your being. Feel it build up inside and bolster you as you ride that wave like the best body surfer in the world. Your courage will carry you through, it will not let you sink. You are as powerful and expansive as the ocean. You cannot be destroyed. You cannot be destroyed.