How do we define bravery? What exactly makes a person brave? Based on the dictionary, brave is defined as "ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage." Bravery is defined as simply "courageous behavior or character." What does a brave person look like in every day life?
Bravery may have a different image for different kinds of people. What you define as brave might not be brave for another person. For me though, I know three kinds of people that definitely fits the criteria, or even candidates for being the bravest people.
1) People who keep going for their dreams or goals, despite endless rejection or failure
Rejection and failure are two of the most hurtful things a person can experience, they happen to everybody. Despite that, every successful person has gone through a large number of rejections or failures.
If you search the life story of your favorite celebrity, there's a 100% chance that he or she had to go through a massive amount of rejection or failure that a normal person couldn't handle or is not willing to go through.
If you are one of these people, I commend you for having the courage to keep going for your dreams. Never give up!
2) People who keep loving like they haven't experienced heartbreak
Let's face it, nobody wants to go through a breakup. Actually you're lucky if you have experienced a breakup, other people have experienced worse like being cheated on or being ghosted. Normally, people will build up hatred after experiencing these. Men will hate women, women will hate men. They also will be hesitant to get into another relationship after a failed one/s.
Some people though, are so brave, that they keep putting themselves out there. They keep dating, or getting into relationships, despite the fact that they've been hurt by their exes in the past. Eventually, they find love and get married to a person who's perfect for them.
I admire these people, it makes me questions my own mindset when it comes to dating or relationships.
3) People who live with a mental illness, and is continuing to live or even living a great life despite it
When it comes to physical illness, people around you are ready to comfort you; when it comes to mental illness though, people around you will tend to avoid you. That's the sad truth for mental health, it has a stigma even in modern times.
Insensitive people or clueless people will label these people with mental illnesses as "crazy" or "abnormal" or "insane" while not knowing the backstory of these kinds of people.
Whenever I see a person who's successful and has experienced having a mental illness, I get inspired a lot. Despite the world being cruel to them, they fought through it, and are still fighting for their lives today.
If you haven't had a mental illness, then consider yourself lucky. The world is different for these kinds of people. In a video game, it's like normal people are playing with the normal difficulty, while people with mental illness are playing with the super hard difficulty.
I suggest you study up about mental health, who knows, maybe one of the people closest to you is experiencing this right now and you're not even aware of it.
If you are one of these people: get professional help, get support from trusted people, and more importantly, keep going, keep fighting, and keep living.
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