-Me back in Smithers at the outset of a grand journey that continues to this day. Photo by my good friend Vaughn.
Courage. This is the title of a book that changed my life. Lent to me by my friend Amie at a pivotal time in my life, it inspired me do such wildly courageous and profoundly awesome stuff that now I can only shake my head.
At that moment, I had been in a relationship for four years and living in a small and beautiful town in Canada. Our family had been living in a spectacular house that was the envy of everybody on 5 acres of land with spectacular mountain views. In retrospect it was amazing, but there are circles to life and I knew it in my heart that one was coming to an end. The book said it in words.
There was only one thing I was lacking: Courage.
Courage is crazy shit. I mean, in many ways it is the pre-imminent spiritual value. Without it, you can’t even love. Without it, you get mired in patterns, and ruts, and your fears come to shackle you in the silkly chains of COMFORT. That is what the book really shook me up on– Osho writes that life doesn’t happen when you are comfortable, it happens when you choose the Unknown, the uncomfortable, that which ain’t easy. Then, you are ALIVE. In a way Courage is Love because it’s when you’re really alive and flowing that you can express your essence (i.e. love) the best.
I’ve got this sweet new Samsung Galazy tablet. It can display books just great. I have had a feeling for weeks now that I should invest in COURAGE again. I’ve been putting it off, thinking of lots of excuses. Today, I bought it again.
Ding Ding Ding! Round Two. Time to shake things up.
