Dictionary definitions could suffice, but to me, the word “courage” has more potential than that. Courage is learning to first ride a bike; an uneasy road with many bumps and scrapes gradually turn to into badges of strength and determination as you speed down the same road months later. Courage is standing in front of your classroom peers, with shaking hands and a trembling voice, to deliver the speech you worked on for days at end. Courage can take many forms, whether it be the strength to do, or the strength to walk away. Courage is challenging the largest of feats, or performing the smallest of actions. But most importantly, courage is deciding not to do the wrong thing, but doing what is right, no matter how difficult it may appear. …show more content…
We had known each other for about a year at the time and had developed a tight clique of friends between ourselves. Be that as it may, with new friend groups, certain rules take place, one including avoiding any forms of group dissent. Usually disagreements between people lead to new understandings of each other and eventually to growth within a group, however, when the group’s timeline is not of a matured length, opposition to the majorities beliefs can lead down a path of argument and even isolation of the dissenter from the group itself. This truth is especially troubling when you know there is a serious problem within the group, but trying to address it may lead to being outcasted from the currently unstable bond you hold with these people. One questions if it is worth ruining the potential of a future strong bond with my acquaintances? This uncertainty tends to cause the dissenter to silence themselves, as not to disrupt the group