A courageous moment isn’t all
that rare. People may never be a war hero or the one to save a baby from a
burning building, but people show courage. It is something that people have
come to push aside of our thoughts and think nothing of. Well that’s not true,
we can all be courageous and strong in our own ways. I have never really been
one to stand up against an act of hatred or frustration, but that is because I
wasn’t given the chance.
I was always one to be
cast aside, picked on, and pushed down by society and my peers. I was not able
to protect myself and I was burned with the flame of words. I couldn’t stand up
for myself and my friends wouldn’t help me. Yet I am one to have learned the
greatness of courage. I have most likely shown it time and again in many
situations. Either blind or driven, it’s a strong force that helps compel us in
many ways. It protects us from the darkness that shrouds us and the sting of
words. It helps us in school, work, and even in people's own homes.
I may have never shown a
moment of heroic courage, but I can see it in everyday life. I could sit
silently on a city block and watch some people show courage, from stop a
pickpocket, to helping the people cast aside by society. They show true
courage. It’s not news breaking, but its courage hard and true. They ignore the
people who look upon us so cruelly, and help those who can’t help themselves.
How it’s always with us to help us strive for are goals.
Courage also may be seen
with hope, truth, and valor. It links with many things in the scout law and
oath. Most of us read these to think this is what we are. We need to do what we
say and prove what we are. For it even takes courage to be a scout. We as
scouts will do what those who look down on us or what those are too lazy to do
and help those in need. These just consist of helping people in things we do,
like food drives, helping with dinners, or to help at the church. Courage has
to be one of scouts’ strongest traits that we bare. For we are the helpers of
society.
Scouts do not only
follow in the acts of courage but live by it as well. As a scout progresses
through their life and ranks the scout oath and law will harden within the
scout. Courage is no exception and expresses itself better and better as the
scout moves on. Most things starting scouts won’t do when they begin scouting
they are willing to do at the end. That is the evolution of courage, and how
just from a few years of activities and being around friends you adapt to
express courage in many things.
To see courage proving
its valor and overcoming power just look at history. Good or bad intentions,
leaders need to show courage. The Roman Empire, the Mongrel Empire, and even
Napoleon’s army; they had only two major things in common, and that courage and
the desire for power. Without courage no one would even be able to throw out a
corrupt ruler or a crooked law enforcer. Courage brings binding for it cannot
separate us, and we shall not be separated from its embrace.
Another thing true
courage will aid you in accomplishing is your American Dream. All of these
examples of courage are what will help lead you to your American Dream. With
true courage you are able to see your own path and break away from the ones
others told you to walk. This will be a test of courage in every Americans life
to see will they flow with the river or move from its flowing current. This is
what should be laid out before you a guide not a path.
Now through all of this
I have talked about who shows courage, how, and what, but I haven't expressed
the definition of courage. The definition of courage is overcoming one's fears
to accomplish the task. For a simple quote I remember “Without fear there
cannot be courage.” written by Christopher Pauline. That simple line expresses
the reason we always show courage not to show our strength and power, but to
overcome the fear. Relating to earlier examples let's look at the man who helps
someone cast out by society. This isn't to get attention or to get anything
it's for fear of another human's life. Another example is the Cub Scout that in
the beginning may be afraid to give a speech to a group of people, but now will
give and write speeches for people time and again. This is the expression of
true courage and why over all other traits and all the scout laws it shows most
for it is the hardest to obtain, yet the most powerful to use.
By William Goodman
Hello! My name is Samantha Kuntz and I am a 
To reach your American Dream you
first need to decide what it is. After that make a plan, but make sure this
plan is well thought out. With your goal in mind you will be able to look at
each potential path to reaching your destination. You don’t always want to
pick the shortest path, cheapest path, or freest path. You want to find a path
that won’t take forever, but at the same time don’t fine a path that will be
there to soon. You want a path that will go at a good pace in your life, and
with that path you will be able to accomplish everything within reason. This is
one of the most important steps to accomplishing your American Dream.
There are a number of things
that are seen as a threat to the ideals and views of each person’s American
Dream. These threats range from groups who goals counteract the progress of
dreams, people who see the American Dream as dead, or the people who make you
follow the generalization of a person. Each of these a threat in their own way,
but over all a threat is a threat. The best things you can do as an American is
recognize these threats then work to avoid them to continue your American
Dream.
