The air we breathe is shared by all on earth. We all long for happiness and our prospects for happiness are dependent on one another. The 21 st century must transform our world into a worldwide community for us to survive well- even to have us survive at all. In preparing this article, I consulted several new Psychology texts. Few of us today require the kind of courage that was once needed to guide a conestoga wagon across a hostile prairie, yet as we approach the new millenium, we all could use the kind of courage that will guide us through a time in which old road markers have crumbled.
Courage tends to be a personal individual matter.
To a casual observer, the pro football player who goes on the field every Saturday to get knocked around by two tons of muscle appears to be courageous. To be afraid is to be human although many people confuse courage with not being afraid. As we face the challenges of the next thousand years, most of us will not have to use the kind of physical courage that was once needed to fight sabre-tooth tigers or to survive in a city that is bombed every night. The courage that we will need is quite different. So if you decide to move in the direction of greater courage which, in the long run, will make things better for everyone including yourself, here are some tips that can help the cowardly lion that lurks inside to find the way to Emerald Castle at the end of the scary Yellow Brick Road.