Say Courage

“ I have a dream “. Martin Luther King Jr. bravely said those words without saying

the word “courage”, and he gave people the strength to say the words in their heart,

and he started a new chapter of civil right for all of us . Do we have the guts to be

like those few people whom are willing to stand out for everyone? How many times

we swallow the words we want to say over and over until our stomachs are full?

We always ask for courage, but it isn’t hard to find. Courage is saying the word that

you want to say without fears; it gives us a beginning, a solution, and a ending.

Courage is saying “Hi”. Back to the time when we were starting curious about

love. There was one day we were sitting on our seats like usual and there was a

note passed from a cute guy who sat at the right corner of the room then we

noticed that he wrote something for us in the note: “Hi”. He made a breakthrough

to start the conversation and he wasn’t afraid to be rejected by you, he had courage.

Not just about love, It’s also scary to welcome a new life. To be a mother, we have

to wait for nearly ten months to give birth for our children, then the first thing she

says to the baby “ Hi, your going to make me broke”, “ Hi, I’m going to lose my

sleeping time to change your diaper and comfort you”, and “ Hi, I’m ready to take

the challenges and give you all my love”. When we become parents It ‘s also a

commitment to our children. Making a promise like that is scary, but you can start

with saying “Hi”, without fears.

Courage is saying “can”. I was one of those people who doesn’t like to be helped.

But something changed that; new environment, new culture, and new me. I left my

country when I was just about to turn eighteen. I was just a little bird that just

learn how to fly. Then I got here and started a brand new life or I should called it a

brand new challenge. On my first semester I failed on one of my class, Greek

mythology. That was not a easy class for international students. What professor

said in the class was like listening to a baby talking. I knew what my problems was

but I was afraid to ask for help and I didn’t believe myself that I could do it. I cried

on the day I saw that ugly F on my transcript. For a while I was like a bird flying in

the sky but lost the direction. Nevertheless, I faced a lot of obstacles when I was

learning to fly, but those difficulties taught me to use the word “can” . “I can do it”

this sentence helped me to spread my wings and fly again. “ Can I borrow the note

from you? “ this helped me to passed the biggest barrier on my second semester. I

use the word to find the solution for myself and crash the high wall of my pride. I

had courage.

Courage is saying “ goodbye”. It was a day like any other day for my grandma

until she lost one of the less things that could makes her happy. My grandma had

been through a tough time because of the loss of my uncle and my grandpa.

Dancing Tango was one of the reason why she kept holding a smile on her face. But

god made the biggest joke to her. She was riding her bike back to our home like

usual, but she didn’t notice that she was the target of those insidious robbers. As

we can imagine she was hurt by the robbers when they were having tug-of-war for

the purse. She had a lot of injuries but the worst part was her legs. The doctor put

a big iron in her legs, she had to rely on her walking stick for the rest of her life.

However, after this tragedy happened I was impressed by my grandma’s fortitude

spirit. One day she told me “ It’s time to say goodbye”, I knew she was waving her

hand to the sadness and move on. It’s hard to say goodbye to the thing we love. But

she had courage.

Remember when we were young and we went to the beach for the first time. We

saw the beautiful ocean and the first thing we thought was to jump in it, we didn’t

think about how deep the ocean was or what was in the ocean, we just ran in it

without fears. Today courage is something we cannot live without because it helps

us find the initial spirit of ours. Fearless . Everyone needs courage to push them ,

to let go, and to improve. It is a calling of a soul.