She did not consider herself courageous and would have been bewildered at being called a hero. She did not consider herself courageous and would have been bewildered at being called a hero. It sounds so noble and grand that I loved the sound of it at once. Susan told me she didn't feel brave because cancer and death scared her so much. Susan was more blunt six years later when her cancer spread.
Courage has nothing to do with being fearless.
Courageous people are those who persevere in spite of and in the face of their deepest fears. Susan was intimate with fear. Despite that, from 1991 and until her death in 1998, she lived her life with remarkable energy and spirit. She did more than just persevere. She celebrated life.