It’s not about being a hero or doing something extraordinary, though you might. It’s about being able to face each day, each moment, whatever it brings, and continue to make this life the best you can.

Some days, that may mean caring for yourself and staying in bed. Some days, it will be just doing the next right thing for you. Maybe you shower. Maybe you cook. Maybe you clean. It takes courage to move through the phases of grief, to handle divorce, to be a single parent, to lose a job. And you do have to go through it to get to that place of living again.

Courage to be with your emotions, courage to take baby steps without the person you loved there. Courage to live life again on this new path. You won’t ever be the same, but you can become lionhearted and live a new life from a place of courage.