July 15 – Guts and Courage

2009

I do not judge the faults of others – of what they have done or not done. I think rather of my own faults, of the things I have done or not done.

I am considerate of others and myself by living a life of broad observation, discernment, and service. 

I am living in error when my awareness is based solely on my own narrow thinking or the narrow observations of others. 

Discernment displaces Judgement. When I find myself in error, judging, I change my thinking to being discernful, where truth and action develops. When others are judging me, I am discernful and seek the truth wherever I may, or may not, find it. 

I choose to have guts, to be courageous.

I choose not to be timid. Yes, timid thoughts arise, as do many other errors in thinking. I will not let errors in thinking take hold of my being. When errors in thinking arise, I may need to be gutsy and courageous.

I am becoming more joyfully alive by using more time to be aware of gods presence. I am becoming aware of my nature.

Encircling all, and from the heart a certain course, knowing I am a child of god. Being aware of god is joyful.

Guts

nerve, boldness

Synonyms: audacity, backbone, courage, daring, dauntlessness, effrontery, forcefulness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moxie, pluck, resolution, sand, spine, spirit, spunk, willpower

Antonyms: cowardice, fear, timidity

Gallantry

bravery, civility

Synonyms: address, attentiveness, audacity, boldness, courage, courageousness, courteousness, courtesy, daring, dauntlessness, deference, derring-do, duty, elegance, fearlessness, graciousness, honor, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, nobility, pluck, poise, politeness, prowess, resolution, reverence, savoir-faire, spirit, tact, urbanity, valiance, valor

Antonyms: cowardliness, fear

Courage

boldness, braveness

Synonyms: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audacity, backbone, bravery, bravura, daring, dash, dauntlessness, determination, endurance, enterprise, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts, hardihood, heroism, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, mettle, nerve, pluck, power, prowess, pugnacity, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk, stoutheartedness, temerity, tenacity, valor, venturesomeness, élan

Defiance

Disobedience, disregard

Synonyms: affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip, muster*, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness

Antonyms: acquiescence, obedience, regard, respect, submission, subordination

~ by kennybeal on July 15, 2009.