All you had to do was reach up and fold over the corner. A successfully communicated thought, from one human mind to another, is one of the most powerful forces I know. You can successfully communicate a thought, and the other person can do nothing about it. You can successfully communicate a thought, and the other person may do just the opposite. But when it does work, ah, there is power, grace, and magic.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.