Speaker 1: Us studious, Good morning, Welcome to this quiet moment to day.
Speaker 1: We speak about courage, but not the kind that makes
Speaker 1: noise or demands attention. We speak about the courage that
Speaker 1: lives in silence, in the quiet decision to face a
Speaker 1: new day with an open heart. Take a deep, full breath,
Speaker 1: feel your lungs expand completely hold it, and then let
Speaker 1: the air go slowly with intention and care. This breath
Speaker 1: is an act of courage in itself, the simple willingness
Speaker 1: to be present, to be here fully and without pretense.
Speaker 1: Quiet courage does not look like bravery in the movies.
Speaker 1: It does not wear a cape or carry a weapon,
Speaker 1: or announce itself with trumpets. It looks like getting out
Speaker 1: of bed when everything in you wants to stay hidden
Speaker 1: beneath the covers. It looks like showing up when you
Speaker 1: are not sure you are good enough. It looks like
Speaker 1: speaking honestly when silence would be easier and safer. It
Speaker 1: looks like continuing one step at a time, one breath
Speaker 1: at a time, even when the perth a head is
Speaker 1: unclear and the destination is uncertain. Perhaps you need courage
Speaker 1: to day for something specific, a conversation you have been
Speaker 1: avoiding because the words feel too heavy to carry a decision.
Speaker 1: You have been postponing because the consequences feel too large
Speaker 1: to face a truth. You have been holding back because
Speaker 1: the risk of speaking it feels too great. Or perhaps
Speaker 1: you simply need the courage to be gentle with yourself,
Speaker 1: to let go of the harsh in a voice that
Speaker 1: whispers you should be doing more, being more, achieving more,
Speaker 1: and to replace it with something softer, something kinder, something
Speaker 1: more true. Whatever form your courage takes this morning, know
Speaker 1: that it is already within you. You do not need
Speaker 1: to find it in a book, or borrow it from
Speaker 1: someone else, or wait for it to arrive like a
Speaker 1: visitor at your door. You only need to remember it.
Speaker 1: It has been with you through every difficult day you
Speaker 1: have ever faced, every loss you have survived, every moment
Speaker 1: when you were certain you could not go on, and
Speaker 1: yet somehow you did. You always did. Breathe in and
Speaker 1: feel the warmth of discourage in your chest. It is
Speaker 1: not a fire. It is a candle, steady and unwavering smile,
Speaker 1: but enough enough to light the path ahead, enough to
Speaker 1: warm your hands when the world feels cold, enough to
Speaker 1: remind you that you are not alone in the dark,
Speaker 1: because you carry your own light. Breathe out and let
Speaker 1: go of the fear. That courage requires loudness or spectacle.
Speaker 1: It does not. Let the want of that candle spread
Speaker 1: through your body. Now started your chest and let it
Speaker 1: radiate outward into your shoulders, down your arms, into your fingertips.
Speaker 1: Feel it travel down through your core, into your legs,
Speaker 1: your feet, the souls that will carry you forward into
Speaker 1: whatever this day brings. This warmth is not borrowed, It
Speaker 1: is not fragile. It is the accumulated heat of every
Speaker 1: brave moment you have ever lived, gathered here inside you,
Speaker 1: ready to light your way. You are not starting from
Speaker 1: nothing this morning. You are starting from a lifetime of quiet,
Speaker 1: steady courage that has brought you to this exact place.
Speaker 1: Think of a door that stands before you to day,
Speaker 1: the one you have been hesitating at. Quiet courage does
Speaker 1: not mean throwing the door open with force. It means
Speaker 1: standing before it with steady hands and a calm breath,
Speaker 1: knowing that you can open it whenever you are ready.
Speaker 1: The door does not lock from the outside. You hold
Speaker 1: the key, and the key is simply the willingness to
Speaker 1: try when you are ready, the door will open, and
Speaker 1: what lies beyond will meet you with the same quiet steadiness.
Speaker 1: Bring to it, and know that courage is not a
Speaker 1: single act. It is a practice, something you do again
Speaker 1: and again, sometimes boldly and sometimes so quietly that only
Speaker 1: you can feel it. Every time you choose to be
Speaker 1: honest instead of comfortable, kind, instead of guarded, present, instead
Speaker 1: of distracted, you are practicing courage. It leaves in the
Speaker 1: small moments as much as the large ones, and each
Speaker 1: small moment of bravery adds to the great quiet strength
Speaker 1: that has been building inside you. Ald alone, day by day,
Speaker 1: breath by breath. The brave thing you can do to
Speaker 1: day might simply be to breathe, to be present, to
Speaker 1: meet this morning with honesty and kindness, and to allow
Speaker 1: yourself to be imperfect without apology. You are not fragile,
Speaker 1: You are not weak. You have walked through storms before,
Speaker 1: and here you are sitting in the quiet of a
Speaker 1: new morning, still breathing, still showing up, still willing to try.
Speaker 1: That is courage, that has always been courage. Let your
Speaker 1: breath deepen in through the nose for far counts, drawing
Speaker 1: in resolve and quiet determination. Hold for two, letting that determination.
Speaker 1: Settle into your body, into your bones, into the very
Speaker 1: marrow of who you are, out through the mouth for
Speaker 1: six counts, releasing any resistance to what to day may bring.
Speaker 1: With each exhale, you grow a little braver, a little steadier,
Speaker 1: a little more at peace with the unknown. Let us
Speaker 1: take three more breadths together, each one a quiet affirmation
Speaker 1: spoken in the language of the body. I am here,
Speaker 1: I am enough, I am brave enough to begin this day,
Speaker 1: whatever it may hold. Carry this quiet courage with you.
Speaker 1: You do not need to be allowed to be strong.
Speaker 1: Simply be yourself. That is more than enough. I will
Speaker 1: be here with you again to morrow.