Comments on: Being Courageous When You Are Not https://healthyspirituality.org/being-courageous-when-you-are-not/ Nurturing a vibrant healthy spirituality Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:37:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/being-courageous-when-you-are-not/#comment-13882 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:37:51 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8679#comment-13882 In reply to Linda Stoll.

You are so right, Linda. Once I gave up trying to do on my own and controlling everything, things got better. Duh! Take courage thought to let go…. Thanks for your prayers.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/being-courageous-when-you-are-not/#comment-13881 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:36:24 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8679#comment-13881 In reply to Nancy Ruegg.

we do choose courage. I am learning that and so much more about this word this year. What a rich word of the year this has been!

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/being-courageous-when-you-are-not/#comment-13880 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:35:10 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8679#comment-13880 In reply to Lisa notes.

It has amazed me that a word I didn’t and wouldn’t have chosen has been so useful and helpful this year providing such insights along the way. so good to pay attention!!

]]> By: Lisa notes https://healthyspirituality.org/being-courageous-when-you-are-not/#comment-13879 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 01:36:56 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8679#comment-13879 Thank you for being so vulnerable here, Jean. It’s helpful to see that others also have times of depression and sorrow that aren’t always easily explained or fixable. I love that courage has been such a strong presence with you all year. Sometimes our one words fade away quickly, but other times they really stick with us. I’ve learned so much about courage too by reading your posts. This especially stood out to me tonight: “Courage can be a cocktail of humbleness, encouragement, and amazement all in one.” Thank you, Jean!

]]> By: Nancy Ruegg https://healthyspirituality.org/being-courageous-when-you-are-not/#comment-13875 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:33:40 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8679#comment-13875 These statements especially spoke to my heart, Jean: “Courage is a choice. We ask, seek, and choose to reach out and move forward.” Many heroes who’ve been congratulated for their courage have said they were very afraid in the midst of their crisis, but went ahead anyway to accomplish what needed to be done. They chose to move forward, just as you’ve described. Even in lesser matters than life-and-death situations, we need to exercise such courage and step out in faith. (Lord, help me to do so!)

]]> By: Linda Stoll https://healthyspirituality.org/being-courageous-when-you-are-not/#comment-13874 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:43:50 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8679#comment-13874 “Lord, I need you. I can’t do this by myself.”

Jean, aren’t these our best prayers, when we give it all up to Him, releasing expectations and hopes and dreams and sadness and discouragement. All of it.

He carries us through the dark patches into the light again. I hope these final weeks of summer will give you a hopeful encouragement, friend . . .

Praying for you.

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