There is a difference between physical and moral courage. If you earn a black belt in karate, you may be called upon to be physically courageous but such events will be extraordinary. Even police officers, firemen and military personnel may only have to be physically coura­geous a few times in their careers.

Moral courage is needed more often than physical courage. Moral courage may mean the challenge to stay with a belief when your position may not be the most popular. Moral courage can be standing tall against big­otry, prejudice, unfairness, and bullying behavior. Moral courage is a challenge to do what is right, regardless of the personal consequences. Moral courage may ask you to forgive.

Think of people in physical pain or mental anguish. You may see courage being lived every day.

Rarely will you find a perfectly smooth straight road to financial success. More likely, the road will be curved, with plenty of pot holes and boulders to avoid. You will be delayed. Your faith may be tested.

With the best of intentions, you will risk and fail. Many around you will be quick to say, “I told you so.”

It will be perfectly natural for you to second guess your own decisions? Did you do the right thing by choos­ing the more difficult path? It would have been so much easier just to have just stayed at home. No one expects you to be more than you expect for yourself.

When you hit a wall, it will be easy to quit, as most do. It will take courage to be a contrarian, to carry on and persist. You may try again and still meet defeat. Now, you may feel crazy to keep going. If you are mak­ing the same mistakes again, you are crazy. However, if you are learning from your mistakes, then, with courage, you will become a seasoned veteran and your persis­tence will pay off.

Have, courage, face your fears and do it.

BillFitzPatrick.com, The Action Principles

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