Acrylic on Archival Gessobord with 3/4" Birch Sides, 12x12". Ready to hang!
Be of good courage, people say. Courage has always seemed elusive to me. Something other people have, those that stand out and are heroes. But, you know, sometimes it takes courage just to get out of bed each day. It takes courage to go to your workplace, where you feel underappreciated or out of your element. It takes courage to walk into a new church by yourself, not knowing a soul. It takes courage to choose someone to spend your life with, to make those vows. It takes courage to deal with an inconsolable toddler without completely losing it. When I ask myself when and if I've ever been courageous, I first think of giving birth to my three children. And then, raising them. "Courage is fear that has said its prayers" makes an important point. Even the courageous have fear. We step through that fear to act. We say a prayer and "put it on the shelf" as my mother used to say, and we step forward.
COURAGE
By Karle Wilson Baker
COURAGE is armor
A blind man wears,
The calloused scar
Of outlived despairs:
Courage is Fear
That has said its prayers.
COURAGE
By Karle Wilson Baker
COURAGE is armor
A blind man wears,
The calloused scar
Of outlived despairs:
Courage is Fear
That has said its prayers.
