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Start your week off with a BANG!

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Real Estate Agent with RG Realty Group

Good mornin', Sunshine

 

 

Start off your week with some inspiration…

This week’s word: Courage

"Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage!"
 

One of the great things about getting older (and heaven knows I have to search for reasons) is losing your fear. I’m no longer worried about asking pointed questions, exposing wrongs or even trying something new. With age comes courage, and we need to embrace it. Don’t be afraid to speak up and make a difference!

 

Your sunshine quote

"It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‘Always do what you are afraid to do.’ "

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Your sunshine story

HOUSTON CHRONICLE – A Texas teenager has become the second woman since World War II to be awarded the Silver Star for bravery in combat. Texas medic Monica Lin Brown, 19, used her body to shield five wounded comrades from gunfire while she treated them after their convoy was caught by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

"We stopped the convoy. I opened my door and grabbed my aid bag," Brown said. "I didn't really think about anything except for getting the guys to a safer location and getting them taken care of. I was in a kind of a robot-mode." Brown joined the military to get a college education, said her grandmother, who described the young medic as "a strong young woman and very caring."

 

A final thought

From Lion’s Whiskers, here are the six types of courage:

 

Physical courage.

Bravery at the risk of bodily harm or death. Developing physical strength and awareness.

Social courage.

Involves the risk of social embarrassment or exclusion, unpopularity or rejection. It also involves leadership.

Intellectual courage.

Willingness to engage with challenging ideas, to question our thinking, and to the risk of making mistakes. It means discerning and telling the truth.

Moral courage.

Doing the right thing, particularly when risks involve shame, opposition, or the disapproval of others. Ethics and integrity, the resolution to match word and action with values and ideals.

Emotional courage.

Feeling the full spectrum of positive emotions, at the risk of encountering the negative ones.

Spiritual courage.

Fortifies us when we grapple with questions about faith, purpose, and meaning, either in a religious or nonreligious framework

 

Have a great week!

 

 

 

 

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Comments (4)

Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

Good morning Tim,

The Wizard of Oz, a great way to start this wonderful post on courage.  Have a fabulous week!

Jun 24, 2012 10:29 PM
Jeffrey Funk
eXp Realty - Windermere, FL
Broker Associate | Team Leader

A very nice post this Monday morning. Thanks for sending some sun our way. Especially since we've had constant rain in Central Florida for several days...the Sunshine State is missing its sun. 

Enjoy your week!

Jeff

Jun 24, 2012 10:32 PM
Virginia Dean
Keller Williams Tulare County - Visalia, CA
Real Estate Done Your Way

Thanks Tim, I needed this today.  Floundering with too much learning and not enough doing....it's time to muster up some major courage.  The immense body of knowledge that is available to KW associates can be a double sided sword, when someone like me, a lifetime learner, spends too much time learning and little time implementing.

Today is the Day.

Jun 24, 2012 10:38 PM
Timothy Mattingly
Louisville Homes Team Louisville KY louisvillehomesreport.com - Louisville, KY
Louisville Homes for Sale

 Nice post this morning.  Love the KW attitude this morning.  This will help lead me to my 11:15 AM coaching call.  Thanks

Jun 24, 2012 11:09 PM