Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear --- not absence of fear." Mark Twain

Courage.  We often hear of incredibly heroic actions.  I was struck by the videos of the people running toward the bombings in Boston -- to help the victims -- instead of running away for their own safety.  What is courage in caregiving?  Sometimes it is the day-to-day taking care of someone who is no longer able to take care of him/herself.  Sometimes it is the courage of moving someone who cannot take care of themselves into assisted living facilities.  For each of us it may be different, but whatever actions we take -- it takes incredible courage to be caregiver for someone else.  I am in awe of all of you who do so.