Don’t come up to me to tell me you are inspired by me, show me by sending me an email in a month and tell me what you have done differently in your life

I went to a talk on Moral Courage a few weeks ago and these were the parting words of the speaker.

I promised myself that I would practice moral courage over the next month and make it a positive change in my life going forward.

I spent the next days trying to find opportunities to be my best.

It was not as easy as I thought it would be.

Moral courage is the courage to take action for moral reasons despite the risk of adverse consequences. Courage is required to take action when one has doubts or fears about the consequences.

I would never say my life, like yours, has been without challenges, but lets face it, we don’t fight for safety or food every day. Our needs are higher on the hierarchy.

So how do we show moral courage in a good life?

I have no problem speaking up and out against things I don’t like or believe in but there is more to it than that. You must feel a bit uncomfortable, there must be sacrifice. It has to be hard.

Often someone asks me for something I am not sure I can give. These are  moments for me to pay it forward. It is a privilege. And it is remarkable the way it comes back to us.

I am able to feel that I am in a position to give even though I could argue easily that I am not.

Over and over I have found when we give what we ourselves need, we get what we need. In abundance. It is spending out. It has magic.

I need heroes as badly as you do, but I thought maybe the best way to find them is to try to be one.

I think I am on to something.

(Ok but my church where I preach on Thursdays is a bar and it’s called Safari. And yes, you guessed it- its Thursday and my angel  devil  hero will be on from 8-11- join us at the big table and ask me for a favour – I am up to it this month and maybe from now on)