{"id":37,"date":"2025-01-08T17:55:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nurturewisdom.com\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:55:34","slug":"courage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nurturewisdom.com\/index.php\/courage\/","title":{"rendered":"Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My word for 2025 is courage.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nurturewisdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Courage-in-rocks-picture-e1736356424438-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nurturewisdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Courage-in-rocks-picture-e1736356424438-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nurturewisdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Courage-in-rocks-picture-e1736356424438-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nurturewisdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Courage-in-rocks-picture-e1736356424438-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nurturewisdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Courage-in-rocks-picture-e1736356424438-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nurturewisdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Courage-in-rocks-picture-e1736356424438.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why courage? Because fear has held me back in many areas. I want that to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So in 2025, I&#8217;m leaning into courage&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to change<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to say no<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to say yes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to be present<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to show up differently in the world<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to open my heart and mind to not-knowing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to being a beginner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to softening identities<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to softening my desire for control<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>to do things that I&#8217;ve been putting off due to &#8220;busyness&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--1 wp-block-paragraph\">An excerpt on Courage from David Whyte&#8217;s &#8220;Consolations &#8211; The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>&#8230; <strong>Courage is a measure of our heartfelt participation <\/strong>with life, with another, with a community, a work; a future.  To be courageous is not necessarily to go anywhere or do anything, except to make conscious those things we already feel deeply and then to live through the unending vulnerabilities of those consequences.  To be courageous is to seat our feelings deeply in the body and in the world: to live up to and into the necessities of relationships that often already exist, with things we find we already care deeply about: with a person, a future, a possibility in society, or with an unknown that begs us on &#8211; and always has begged us on.  To be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made&#8230;.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do you want to bring your heartfelt participation to this year?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My word for 2025 is courage. Why courage? Because fear has held me back in many areas. I want that to stop. 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