You Need Courage to Truly Live

I always get pulled back to watch the classic movie “You’ve got Mail”, a dedication and homage to New York as well as an internet world long gone by. “Enchanting” is the word. I love that movie. 

There is a scene where one of the main characters played by Meg Ryan, said something I didn’t catch before: 

“Sometimes I wonder about my life, I live a small life—well, valuable but small. Sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it or because I am not brave. So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when, shouldn’t it be the other way around?”

So many of us should be pondering this question. So many of us do. So many of us aren’t living our lives. Not meeting our true potential. All because we can’t imagine something different. Because we are trying to meet others' expectations of us.  Or worse, due to lack of courage on our own part. 

Something worth thinking about: Are we living the life we truly want? If not, figure out what it looks like and then take action. Go do something about it. “I know you worry about being brave. Don’t. Fight. Fight to the death.” This is literally your life.