Bushido Virtue #2 - Yu or Courage
Bushido Virtue #2 : Yu or Courage The word courage is seen in the media frequently. Often, stories regarding our troops and their families describe their courage in the midst of turmoil. Sometimes we focus on a once in a lifetime story of courage such as the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Capt. Sullenberger successfully ditched his airplane in the Hudson River and saved 155 lives. Most of us will never be faced with such situations where others are seemingly endowed with supernatural courage. So what *is* courage anyway? Courage is defined in the Random House dictionary as “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc. without fear; bravery”. The word comes from Old English, Old French, and Latin – all referring to the heart. Other words we use similar to courage include: fearlessness, valor, pluck, spirit, valiance. One of my favorite definitions is “courage is fear that has said it...