Courage Is Calling Flashcards
What is the book courage is calling about?
we all know what we should do we’re just too afraid to do it i hope you accept that higher call you put this courage in service of something greater than yourself.
Courage is one of the four stoic virtues we call these the cardinal virtues
because it comes from the latin word cardos which means hinge these are pivotal
things upon which the good life hinges c.s lewis says courage is all the other virtues at the testing point.
but what is courage some people say that there’s two kinds of courage there’s moral courage and physical courage. My argument is that actually these are the same kinds of courage that courage, is at the simplest level just putting your ass on the line for something for someone figuratively literally it’s putting yourself out there it’s taking risks.
Courage is calling 1. FEAR
The first part is the idea of fear, right we’re in this battle with fear.
Talk about florence nightingale florence night girl for 16 years ignores this call comes from god it comes from her inner genius or spirit but it says you need to be of service she comes from a rich family her parents don’t want her to do this and she rejects the call right we talk about the hero’s journey she rejects the call to courage to greatness
for 16 years. Finally the call says are you going to let what other people think deter you from my service she realizes no she goes into nursing she becomes a great hero saves uh hundreds of thousands of lives revolutionizes nursing. There’s a reason that the most repeated phrase in the bible is do not be afraid been afraid for centuries for thousands of years we have to get over this fear to do what we need to do everything we need in this life is on that other side of that
Courage is calling 2. COURAGE
Then courage courage is when you get over fear, it’s the triumph over fear it’s pushing through that fear to put yourself out there to go it’s to break through and do that courageous scary thing. We all know every great thing was scary at first no one said oh that’s an amazing idea you should absolutely do It they said don’t do it it’s not going to work and someone had to push through. It’s the idea of beating the odds if everyone listened to the odds we never have progress, there’s this great quote that progress depends on the unreasonable man the reasonable person bends to the odds bends to the doubts the unreasonable person says i believe i can do it i’m going to try to do it i’m going to push through and do it so we need courageous people in this life.
Courage is calling 3. HEROICSM
The third part of the book this is the most essential part. This is the level beyond courage, heroism IS the highest level. Maya moore leaving the nba where she is equally dominant to help free a man wrongly in prison. Heroism is when you use courage when you put yourself out there for someone or something else. It’s about selflessness, we understand why people are scared to risk things we also understand why people risk things it’s to gain things, but what about the 300 spartans who marched out against impossible odds just to hold the persians off for a few days
to buy their countrymen some time. That’s the heroic level and that’s the most
important thing. Bravery in those few seconds is great but what about the bravery when the person knows they’re not even going to get to experience the benefits of that bravery
Courage is calling 4. CONCLUSION
So i see courage then as that kind of three-part process first the battle with
fear second the struggle to be courageous and then finally the call to this higher level this transcendent-level.
