Bravery is not an absence of fear.
It's facing your doubts, feeling the pounding of your heart, steeling yourself and doing the difficult thing that you know is right for you.
It's following your moral compass, staying true to your path, and refusing to give up no matter how many times you stumble along the way.
Courage is raw, authentic, and often messy.
You feel the fear, but you act out of love and hope, for yourself, your beloveds, a desire to help create a better world.
You strive to do better and become better than you were before, to leave the people you encounter better loved than you found them.
Radical self acceptance is delicious rebellion.
Both gentle and tough as nails, to truly love yourself with grace and humility is to radiate truth and light.
It is recognition that you are beautifully fragile, strong as fuck, perfect in your imperfection, a perpetual work in progress.
We are living, breathtaking, unique works of art.
I want to live in a world where we all wear our hearts on our sleeves and gaze upon one another with reverent love for our collective humanity, strength and fragility.
I want to have meandering conversations about everything and nothing, to learn all of the ways that you're brave for facing each new day.
© Bri Crofton 2018