courage vs fear
Definitions
noun
- a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
Examples
A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
Epsom showed a great deal of heart considering their lowly league position but there are days when courage counts for naught and this was one of them.
Digital technology comes to us heralded by a great deal of utopian ballyhoo, but in some surprising ways it discourages creativity.
Definitions
verb
- be uneasy or apprehensive about
- be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
- be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement
- be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
- regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
noun
- a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- an anxious feeling
Examples
Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard.
Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening.
I am from the Jewish origin and I can talk a lot about Jewish trends including a paranoidal fear that 'someone will get us this time.'
