What does it mean to be brave? Since people have heard about my travels or i have told someone what i am doing, the response is more often than not the same........'your so brave?'
I had never thought of myself as brave - brave is someone that does something that is too scary for most people. Right?! So why would people think i am brave when thousands of travellers flock to Australia every day for similar adventures?
Having been told again on Friday night again in the pub by my sisters ex boyfriend that he thought i was brave, i decided to look it up in a dictionary:
Brave - adjective
willing to face danger, pain, or trouble; not afraid
What?! Im not willing to do any of those things - I'm making a huge mistake - I looked at the next entry:
Brave - transitive verb
to face with courage; to defy; dare
OH! I wasn't brave like Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King or Braveheart. I was the 'transition verb' of brave. Im not going to change the world my bravery is much more subtle. What i am doing is defying the obvious route of wallowing in self pity and daring to try something new.
2 comments:
Hello Sy, I do not know at first where to post my reaction but I think here is more appropriate than travbuddy. I was dumped last May and it hurt like hell at that time. I ended up going to the bookstore and bought books about overcoming breakups. I bought a lot but "It's Not You, It's Him: The Zero-Tolerance Approach to Dating" helped a lot.
Anyway, I hope you would realize that no jerk is worth crying over when he had the heart to break yours. I have lots of things to say, but for now, just make out a list of things that you hate about him and focus on that.
You are totally brave! anyone who moves to the other side of the world and leaves everything they know in search of something better is brave in my book!
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