Courage…
It’s this inner voice…
Talking to you every morning while drinking your coffee and wondering about the rest of your day, and every night before sleeping: ‘try again tomorrow’,
Asking you to be patient while driving for hours to your work, stuck in Beirut traffic, noise and air pollution,
Giving you strength to look in the eyes of those who try to oppress you, or others, even if there is a risk of losing your job,
Letting you open your mouth and roar, or be silent and wait for the right moment to open it again,
Helping you to reach a balance between your career and your family, your aspirations-needs and others’,
Whispering words of comfort in sickness, separation, and following the death of loved ones,
Driving you to open your door, understand and respect diversity, be inclusive, cooperative, compassionate, a peace builder in a war zone…, and close it when facing manipulative and controlling behavior,
Love…
Telling you to get up, shake your legs and neurons, even if your expectations are not met, even if you are afraid, angry and depressed…
Perseverance…
Giving you faith in your country, even if you would rather leave it…
Embracing the unknown…
Giving you faith in yourself: you are not a victim, a doormat, a pushover,
Teaching you to honor how you have survived so far and to trust that you have within you all of the resources you need to transform your world…
Resilience…
Courage is about doing things you and others think you cannot do…
Courage is daring to struggle…
Courage is about expanding your mind… your life…
Courage is about trying to be more humane…