Bushido · The standard
Courage
Definition
Not the absence of fear. The willingness to move forward wisely despite it.
The lesson
Bushido courage is disciplined rather than reckless. The Zen Warrior does not chase danger to prove himself. He develops the readiness to act when responsibility requires it.
Courage here is moving wisely while afraid. It is not a stunt and not the absence of fear. Without a class, enter one avoided thing that is still safe: a conversation, a skill you will look clumsy at, a hard repetition you do not quit early. Write what fear said, then what you did next.
Do one avoided thing that remains safe. In a line, write what fear said and what you did after.
Raising the danger so the day will sound braver, or calling hiding a form of wisdom.