How to make courageous behavior a part of your life
It's easy to talk about courage when we're feeling pumped up and motivated, but when we come face to face with our biggest fears it can suddenly become impossible to find that courage you were so confident about. How can you be courageous when fear keeps looming large? By implementing these Read More...
A call for courage
Practicing courage, which I define as working with the tough stuff of life, rather than hoping to tap dance around it, create the resilience needed to confront pessimism and cynicism. We often think of courage as the stuff of heroes who have something bigger and braver than the rest of us–the Read More...
Three conversations with angels
Someone up there is listening. Paulo Coelho | Sept/Oct 2009 issue Nobody is courageous all the time. The unknown is a constant challenge, and being afraid is part of the journey. What to do? Talk to yourself. Talk alone. Talk to yourself even if others think you've gone crazy. As we talk, an inner Read More...
Of laughter and land mines
Amy Domini | August 2009 issue Last year I visited a clinic for land mine victims in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, run by an extraordinary organization called Veterans International Cambodia. There you find extreme examples of hope and despair crowded into a small space. The clinic creates individually Read More...
Detached, but not indifferent
Thoughts on the Warrior of Light and renunciation. Paulo Coelho | April 2009 issue In any activity, we have to know what to expect, how to reach our objectives and what capacity we possess for the proposed task. The only people who can say they have renounced the fruit are those who, thus Read More...
A call for guts
The future depends on mastering the art of positive courage. Lappé Frances Moore | November 2008 issue Like a lot of us, I keep asking myself, How did we get into this mess? Since humans have innate needs and capacities for cooperation, empathy and fairness, which science now confirms, why does Read More...