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Courage

Courage

is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life

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Courage is what love looks like when tested by the simple everyday necessities of being alive.

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COURAGE

is a word that tempts us to think outwardly, to run bravely against opposing fire, to do something under besieging circumstance, and perhaps, above all, to be seen to do it in public, to show courage: to be celebrated in story, reward…

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