I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong and my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave....If there's no feeling of fear then there's no need for courage.

And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.

Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle; a women terrified of the pain of childbirth who says, 'It is time to become a mother'. Heroism does not always live on the battlefield.

it's not his body
that changes
right away.
it's something
inside. he says
he wants to
be a little
weaker. i don't
understand.
i say 'thinner?'
and he says
'no, i want
to be stronger
in a different
way.' not
because of me,
but for me.

There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.

and when he
catches me
off guard
and says
'i love you'
i catch him
off guard
and say 'i need your help.