Thriving Thursdays: Fear or Courage? (Guest Post by Teagan Riordain Geneviene)

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Hi, I’m Teagan Geneviene.  Today I’m doing a guest post for our wonderful Story Telling Ape.  I’m here to encourage you to thrive.

Today I’m not thinking about how daring the feat was.  Nor am I wondering how dangerous the situation was.  I’m not even considering what extraordinary valor may have been involved.

How brave is someone when they do something they don’t fear?  Are they braver than the person who trembles in terror? 

Fear can hold us back.  But to overcome fear is to thrive.  If you see a person, daunted by distress, who dives into the fray despite their dread — then you have witnessed courage.

Courage is being scared to death — and saddling up anyway…  John Wayne

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Wishing you a thriving Thursday.

Mega hugs,

Teagan

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65 thoughts on “Thriving Thursdays: Fear or Courage? (Guest Post by Teagan Riordain Geneviene)”

  1. Thanks, Teagan and Chris. You’re right. Courage is relative and we don’t know what anybody is going through unless we are in their shoes. I hope you feel better soon, and before I forget, I’m finally reunited with your book! Hooray! I’ll take it with me to Madrid to make sure I read it (and I also do a bit of promo if I can…)

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  4. Good post, Teagan. That’s right. It helps if there’s no one else who can do the task. I’ve done things I didn’t want to but had to. I was the only one who could and there was no favorable alternative. I didn’t do things just to show off. I knew if I tried to lean on someone I’d end up on the floor. My dad was a big fan of John Wayne. That quote sounds like John. 😀 — Suzanne

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    • And that, my dear Suzanne, is a perfect example of courage. Yes, we’re more likely to “saddle up” if we don’t see any alternative, but it still took just as much courage for you to do it. *Courage* is doing something despite being afraid. Regardless of the why. Anyone who has read your About page (and applied any thought to it) would see that you are a truly courageous person. Thrive on, my friend.

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  7. Walking through Central Park many years ago now I came across a little boy frozen in fear at one side of a climbing playground attraction – crying – as some of the other kids teased him. I climbed up next to him (really not very high, except to him) and told him I thought he was very brave. The astonished look on his face was priceless. “The other kids aren’t afraid of heights, so they aren’t brave to climb up here. You are and you did it anyway. I think you are probably the bravest kid here today.”

    You should have seen that little monkey scamper all OVER that playground after that – “Look how brave I’m being on the ladder!” “Is this brave?” One of my most precious memories (still brings tears and grins) – and your post brought it to mind today. Thanks!
    xx,
    mgh
    (Madelyn Griffith-Haynie – ADDandSoMuchMORE dot com)
    ADD Coach Training Field founder; ADD Coaching co-founder
    “It takes a village to transform a world!”

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        • How could he not remember that day, Madelyn? I choose to see him, all grown up, confidant, and with a bemused smile at the memory of that day. Even if he doesn’t “remember” I think he does “on the inner” — your encouragement surely changed the course of his life. More hugs.

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          • I’d really like to think so, Teagan. The boy’s dad was one of those “tough love” types, shouting what I’m sure he believed was “encouragement” from below (actually increasing the scary stakes for the kid) – which is why I climbed up to speak to him in the first place.

            The reframe was for the little boy, not the dad, but I’d like to believe Dad got the lesson as well: carrot, not stick!

            A grown up did something similar for me, counteracting my father’s take on psychotherapy (“quackery”), my uncle (Mom’s much younger brother, 20 and half-way between our ages at the time). He took me aside to say quietly, “I’ve found it very useful dealing with Gram, Madelyn (his abusive mother & my maternal grandmother). Some day you might want to check it out.”

            My 10 year old realization that Uncle Mike had not only a conflicting opinion from my intellectually brilliant father, but also a personal experience, allowed me to investigate for myself when I was much older, and to make a career in a similar field. So I pass it on, giving kids a different take from a grown-up whenever I get the chance.

            Hugs back – and puppy kisses from Tink.
            xx,
            mgh

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  9. Wishing everyone a Thriving Thursday as well. You’re so right, Teagan, courage is doing something, whether or not it’s scary…you’ve made me think and made my trembling self realize, yup, I should do something I need to do, courage, don’t fail me now! Hope you and Chris and everyone has a wonderful day.
    Mega I think I can I think I can I think I can hugs xoxox

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