Fear Is Not The Absence Of Courage
There are far too many people who equate fear with cowardice. If this were true, then 99% of all the people in the world would be cowards. But there is a school of thought that relates courage to the absence of fear. So let’s have a look at courage.
A little boy all dressed up in his Superman outfit comes rushing at me as the make-believe enemy that he’s going to slay for the good of mankind. The little chap doesn’t even have any sort of weapon in his hand. Am I courageous if I stand my ground, then probably bend down, pick him up and give him a hug? Of course not.
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That’s a ridiculous example, but let’s assume I hear a woman scream and I rush to where the sound’s coming from. There I see a woman, with a child clinging to her skirts, while this bully advances on her with a large knife. Now, I’m there, right in the middle of it. Do I turn and run and leave the poor woman to her fate? Or do I do my best to tackle this brute and defend the lady and child.
If the former, then I’m a coward. If the latter, then I’m brave, not because I’m not terrified myself, which I certainly would be, but because I face down my fear and tackle this character anyway. Now, if I were a member of Special Forces, then I’d simply do to him what I was trained to do. I’d expect no less of myself. But as an ordinary man, not trained in combat, then it would be a brave act to tackle such an individual.
Bravery is facing down your own fear and doing that which frightens you anyway. How can you possibly be brave when you’re not frightened? So fear is not the absence of courage. Indeed, just the opposite. I’ve read numerous reports from well qualified psychiatrists who have these poor people visiting them, crippled by anxiety and panic, added to which they’re convinced that they’re weak and cowardly.
Panic and anxiety aren’t their fault to begin with, and just because they feel so anxious, certainly doesn’t make them cowards. If anything, they’re brave. They have to face this miserable condition day in and day out. Often, if they complain, they’re accused of whining. So they do their best to suffer in stoic silence. So often, though, their anxieties are imaginary. This doesn’t make them any the less real to the sufferer. But they must face these fears. Ask themselves; “Just what am I afraid of?” This does work.
I remember very well sitting down in my chair at home one day after pacing the room in an agony of anxiety and becoming rather angry. Why? I thought. Why the heck am I so worried? I sat down and really gave this some thought, letting all sorts of things run through my mind and coming to the conclusion that there was absolutely nothing of which I should be afraid, worried or anxious.
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But all you anxious people. Cowards, you are not
