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Counselor’s Corner: Courage
Contributed by Preschool Guidance Counselor, Jenna Long
The character trait for the month of February is courage. Courage can mean a lot of things. It looks different depending on your perspective. What it means to be courageous to our precious preschoolers is different from what it looks like in a seasoned grandparent, a patient middle school teacher, or a young couple embarking on parenthood. But whether you’re four or ninety-four, courage has a common thread that touches each of us no matter our circumstance. Courage means to face difficulty, whatever its form, without or more often, in spite of your fear. In our daily lives, courage often means doing what is right or what is necessary despite our unease.
To a new student, courage can mean entering a classroom full of new faces. To our lower school students, it might mean reaching for the next of the monkey bars, struggling as you learn to read, asking a question when no one else seems to have any, or simply saying you are sorry to a friend (and don’t we all struggle with that now and again?).
To a parent, courage can sometimes mean persevering through a difficult day, drawing lines for your children and then living by them, or keeping your head up when you feel like giving in because you know your little ones are watching.
Courage is about pushing yourself a little farther than you thought you could go. It is about standing tall when the wind blows. It is about knowing where you stand and not wavering. Courage can mean a lot of things to a lot of people but the Bible tells us “Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.” (KJV Psalm 31:24).
Holy Comforter Episcopal School is a top-rated private, Episcopal, coed school for PreK-8th Grade students located in Tallahassee, Florida.
