Start a Revolution!

“Courage is being scared to death, and saddling up anyway.” At least, that is how actor, John Wayne, defined it. Saddle up and ride through your journey, facing the cowboys and Indians knowing you will get through that valley. Courage is getting up when you have been pushed down. It is facing reality of life with a boldness that pain, trouble, intimidation and fear or a life of ordinary will not win in your journey. “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities ... because it is the quality that guarantees all others,” as Winston Churchill stated. Once you can get a grasp of courage, you can charge onto your journey with passion, and all other human virtues can accompany courage. It is then, that you can cross your threshold, defecting the fear of the humdrum life, and adventuring into your new world on your hero’s journey.
Although many people around the world, including National League Football Players, have heard the name Susan G Komen, not many know that it is her sister; Nancy G. Brinker that is the voice behind the name. Brinker whispered “I Promise” to her dying sister when she asked her to help find a cure for breast cancer. And although Brinker diligently set out to work to help find the cure, she was faced to battle the disease herself. In addition, she had to battle the media. At the beginning of her journey in 1982, there were only 800 numbers, no internet, and the media was not excited about using the word breast or cancer. However, Brinker was not going to be bullied to give up on her promise. Rahel Musleah did a profile article on Brinker for the Hadassah magazine saying she was “fueled by ramrod determination.” Brinker told Musleah that Susan G Komen Foundation for the Cure was “Established in 1982 with $200 in a shoebox and a list of friends, the foundation has not only raised 1.5 billion for breast cancer awareness, but has all but erased the silence surrounding the illness. In Brinker’s words, it has “turned a charity into a movement.” “ Brinker kept her promise to her dying sister exhibiting courage and strength. Even in a world where it was not acceptable to talk about such private body parts, Brinker was brave.
Facing the bullies in life, no matter where they are how they exhibit themselves to you, you have to keep your promises, and you can be that voice of courage that starts a revolution.