"Remember The Wizard of Oz?

It is the story of Dorothy, who is trying to get home. Dorothy does not lack courage. She's lost, but she is not cowardly. The Tin Man thinks he lacks a heart, and the Scarecrow thinks he lacks a brain, and the Cowardly Lion thinks he lacks courage--only the Lion is right; what they all lack, we eventually find out, is courage. They lack the courage to become more than they are. They lack the courage to get through the tough times, and when they stand in the hall of mirrors and smoke and roaring voices they lack the courage to declare themselves--all accept the little girl, who has come this far by courage, and will make it home by courage.

Courage is the power of the heart, and it resides not in the emotion, but in the will and power to choose." from Radical Hospitality

For calling me beyond my worst choices . . . for companions like the Tin Man ( heart forming story). . . Scarecrow (desiring wisdom) . . . Cowardly Lion (praying for courage) . . . and all those like the little girl . . . who's courage inspire me to more than I've become . . . each day! Deo Gratias!