Old Age Day by Day November 9, 2012

I finished the book on Lincoln yesterday, and cried quite a bit at the end.  The assassination is still so painful.  Then my husband and I decided to watch "Glory" last night and I cried buckets more.  It's so lovely to see real people hold fast to their beliefs, even at the risk of their lives.  I cannot imagine that courage, but hope I would have it.  Most of us are not tested, and we live and die without knowing what we are made of.  Lincoln and Robert Gould Shaw were fearful, and understood what they were risking, yet persevered.  There is a way to know what is right in your heart, and actually act on it.  The news of this is rare, yet people do it all the time.  Little people.  Unknown stories.  Bravery is not letting your fear cause you to not act, when action is called for.  And when I put it like this, I, too have acted from my heart, regardless of safety, a few times.  We probably all have.  We have it in us.  I like to be reminded of that fact.