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Courageous living

            The Courage to see yourself as others see you.
            
             The Courage to acknowledge truth that transcends your own.
             The Courage to see yourself as others see you.
             Many people feel threatened by the opinions of others. They need to believe that others see them as they like to see themselves. However there are often nagging doubts about their own perceptions of themselves. They fear that to acknowledge their weaknesses is to undermine their own confidence in living. Consequently they develop a false sense of esteem as a survival mechanism. The values they have embraced remain unquestioned, and any suggestion that these values may be unsustainable engenders real anxiety and panic. Lacking the courage to confront this anxiety they are doomed to remain in a state of low self esteem. As a consequence their relationships suffer because they either become overbearingly aggressive in their belief that they are right, or else they become doormats for others to trample over. This seminar aims at beginning the process of developing one's self esteem, in the hope that eventually one will be able to examine other belief systems, and learn to differentiate between the strengths and weaknesses of the different systems of belief.
             The Courage to stand on your own.
             This seminar will concentrate on explaining the significance of the four basic traditions that Robert Bellah and the other the social scientists that worked in his team in the early eighties identified as underpinning North American society. An assumption is made that all modern western democracies share these basic traditions, with varying degrees of emphasis. The two oldest traditions that Bellah and the others social scientists identified they chose to name as the Republican and the Biblical traditions. The first of these they apparently named as Republican because it espouses the values found in Plato's classic, "The Republic." The Biblical traditions embrace the common values found in Jewish and Christian Scripture.


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... bravely face the negative pressures, challenges and adversity that comes in life. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus is a very courageous character, Atticus tried every way to help others were in the need of it. First of all it Atticus bravely faced the racist, prejudice judgment ... community. Atticus's decision to defend Tom Robinson resulted into different conflicts that brought hardship not only for him but also for his family but he was courageous enough to ignore these and continues to defend Tom Robinson. Scout got in a fight with Cecil Jacobs, classmate of ...

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2. My Mother's Courageous Battle

... . At age 68 years old, she was diagnosed with cancer. Sharing her story of courage, character, and influence is a source of pride. "My mother is my inspiration; she fought a courageous battle with cancer. Her determination was profound and left an imprint that will remain with me for the rest of my life." Sitting in the doctor's office with my mother ... ;Can I still go to my grandson's graduation?" She then looked at me and said, "Well, I want to go out the way I came into this world, living life!" That day, I realized how courageous my mom was and how I admired her. Being a mother of ei...

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3. A Raisin In The Sun,The Scarlet Letter, contrasting courage

... by being strong, Stone 2 this small defeat will not affect him and he will not lose heart despite what happened. A second example showing how a courageous person can bear defeat without losing heart in this story is when Walter Lee's friend, Willy Harris runs off with a big part of mother's money that ... . He and his family still decide to move into their new home and he never really was defeated. These two examples are true tests of a courageous person and how he beared defeats without losing heart. Another work of literature which supports this quote is the novel, The Scarlet Letter. ...

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4. Courage

... their idea of courage through their writing. Stephen Crane, the author of The Red Badge of Courage, displays his idea of what it means to be courageous through his character of Henry. The author of Moby Dick, Herman Melville, displays his belief of what courage is with his characters of Captain Ahab and ... My definition matches Crane's in some aspects, like facing your fears, but I do not agree with that you have to acknowledge your faults to be courageous. Henry runs away from the battle, because he is afraid. When he faces his fear of death, and conquers it, he returns to the battle. ...

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5. Plato: - The Republic (Book I) And Others

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6. Bravery

... a coward. The behavior of the god-fearing Greeks in the Iliad was strongly influenced by the notion of a completely undesirable, and inevitable, afterlife, and the belief that living a life of courage leads to the fundamental betterment of life and the preservation of a character's memory. Upon death, the Greeks enter the kingdom of Hades. Hades is a place that is ... hands now With that Diomedes struck him square across the neck- [Book X. 516-525] There are personal advantages to living bravely, but arguably the largest part of the benefits package begins after death. Living as a cowa...

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7. American Growth Through Courage

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8. Atticus Finch - Moral Courage and Personal Integrity

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9. To Kill a Mockinbird:Courage

... pain, but she died courageously, she died without her body numbed. Atticus Finch is another example of courage. He defended Tom Robinson, which is a very courageous act to do when being a white man. He didn't refuse Judge Taylor when he assigned this case to him. He didn't back down when people in ... care if it was socially unacceptable to be in favour of a black man; he only cared that it was morally right. Another courageous person is Calpurnia. Calpurnia was quite the courageous person at the First Purchase Church with Jem and Scout. Jem and Scout were the only whites there, it being...

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