Courage
Acting with your whole heart in the presence of fear.
From Latin cor, “heart,” via Old French corage. Courage literally means heart.
Definition in our own plain words, after Merriam-Webster; word root traced via the Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com).
What's one thing you've been too afraid to start, say, or stop?
Share one act of courage, big or small, that changed something for you.
Hero’s Checkpoint Travel Notes
You are not the first hero to walk this road. At every weekly checkpoint of the journey, the heroes before you have left something behind: tips, tricks, and honest conversations about each theme, from Safety all the way to Community. Open the mailbox, read what they learned the hard way, and when you’ve passed a checkpoint yourself, leave a note for the hero behind you.
Checkpoint 10 has its own page in the mailbox: what courage asked of the heroes who walked it, in their words.
Open the mailbox ▸Where this checkpoint keeps going
The self-paced portal for the thing in the way
Follow this thread ▸Fire that heals instead of burns
Follow this thread ▸The color adventure through solar plexus
Follow this thread ▸Where courage sits in the arc
Follow this thread ▸One checkpoint at a time: sit with the reflection for the week, then, if it serves you, share inside the free community. No one grades you. No one is keeping score. The only reader your answers need is you.
Prefer the rainbow? This checkpoint lives in the Solar Plexus Chakra on the light side of the map, or browse everything we’ve made by topic.
Matched from the library: the Emotional Literacy Program works this stretch of the journey in depth.
The frequency of this checkpoint: the tradition tunes this month to 528 Hz, the transformation tone. Sound is real physics; the assignment is beloved lore, held lightly. Trace the whole ladder on the consciousness map or the science on the frequency pages.
Courage's shadow is fear. This self-paced portal helps you work it, not around it.
Enter the portal ▸Logic or light, we all carry values. Pick the three words that matter most to you, anonymously, and watch them join the community’s living tally.
Add your three words ▸