What does courage mean to you? Do you think of the firefighters who lost their lives in the World Trade Center towers? Do you think of the men and women serving in Afghanistan and Iraq?
勇气对你意味着什么？你是否想起在世界贸易中心双子塔上献出自己生命的消防队员们？你是否想起在阿富汗和伊拉克服役的男男女女？
What about the courage to admit a mistake? Or the courage to stop someone from hurting you? Or the courage to stand up for what you believe? Or the courage to just be yourself?
那么承认错误需要勇气吗？阻止他人伤害你需要勇气吗？坚持自己信念需要勇气吗？坚持做你自己需要勇气吗？
Yes, all those things take courage, but all of those things also have something else in common. Do you think any one of those things can be accomplished without feeling some fear? No. There cannot be courage without fear.
是的，所有这一切事都需要勇气，但所有这一切事还有其他共同点。你是否认为任何一件这样的小事都可以实现而不会感觉丝毫恐惧吗？不。没有恐惧何来勇气。
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment or decision that something else is more important than the fear. Courage is what you do IN SPITE of the fear, in spite of the resistance, in spite of what you want right now.
勇气不是没有恐惧，而是判断或决定某些事情的重要性超过了恐惧。勇气就是无论多么恐惧，无论多大阻力，无论你眼下需要什么你都要做的事。
But you don't have to show the kind of courage that it takes to get on the 6:00 news. You can show courage every day. It takes courage to go against "that's just the way it is."; or "what can I do about it?", or "I've always been this way"; or "They won't let me...".
但是你不需要证明你具有那种能够在6点新闻报道的勇气。你每一天都可以展现你的勇气。要克服“事实就是这样的。”；“我能做什么呢？”，“我总是这样”；或“他们不让我…”的消极情绪，这些都需要勇气。
Courage is deciding not to put your current desires above your desires for the future. Courage is deciding there's something more important.
勇气是决定不把你当前的欲望凌驾于你对未来的渴望之上。勇气是决定哪些事情更重要。
For me, courage brings to mind the Bible story of David fighting Goliath. In order to get into the Promise Land, David had to fight his giant. Don't you image he had something else he would have rather done that day? Fighting a giant wasn't likely at the top of his list. But he chose not to put his current desire over his true desire.
对我来说，勇气让我想起《圣经》故事中的大卫决战歌利亚。为了进入应许之地，大卫不得不与巨魔搏斗。你不会想象他那一天完全可以去做别的事吧？与巨魔搏斗不可能是他最愿做的事。但他决定不把当前的欲望凌驾于自己的真实渴望之上。
In order to get into your own personal promise land, you'll have to have courage to stand up to your personal giants too.
为了进入你自己的应许之地，你也必须有勇气去面对你自身的各种巨魔。
It takes courage to end an unhealthy relationship. It takes courage to quit an unfulfilling job. It takes courage to say No to someone who is using you. It takes courage to set up a new spending plan. It takes courage to say Yes to your dreams when it means putting your self-esteem out there for the whole world to see (well, that's relative, but you know what I mean). It takes courage to reorganize your time so that you spend it on what is most meaningful to you. It takes courage to ask for what you need and want in your life. It takes courage to be honest.
结束一段不健康的关系需要勇气。辞去一份没有成就感的工作需要勇气。对利用你的人说“不”需要勇气。制定新的支出计划需要勇气。为梦想敞开大门有时意味着将你的自尊暴露给全世界看(当然，这是相对的，但你知道我的意思)，这需要勇气。重新安排你的时间并将其用在对你最有意义的事上，这需要勇气。追求你生活之所需和所想，这需要勇气。诚实更需要勇气。
Courage doesn't mean that you don't recognize the difficulty of the task. Not at all. It does mean that you are willing to do it anyway, to push yourself out of the comfort zone, to give it a try.
勇气并不意味着你认不清任务的难度。绝不是。它意味着，你无论如何都要这样做，宁愿放弃你的舒适也要进行尝试。
Courage is standing up to whatever mental- emotional-physical "Giant" is in your life.
勇气是勇敢面对你生活中的任何精神——情感——身体方面的“巨魔”。
Resolve to live in such a way that courage, not fear, directs your life. Resolve to determine your own worth, not let someone else decide it for you. Resolve to stop working hard to build someone else's dreams.
下决心这样生活吧，让勇气而非恐惧主宰你的生活。下决心自己决定自己的价值吧，不要让别人替你做主。下决心不再为建立他人的梦想而奋斗。
It's time to find the courage to take your future into your own hands.
时不我待，拿出勇气，将你的未来掌握在自己手中。
Professional Life Coach Kathy helps people who are burned out, stressed out, and fed up to find the courage to get back in touch with the foundations of their life. www.reallifecoach.com
职业生涯教培训师凯西致力于帮助那些身心疲惫、压力重重，和倦于寻找勇气的人们找回自己生活的基本原则。
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