One Man With Courage Is A Majority

This quote by Thomas Jefferson struck me hard when I saw it on my friend’s status board on facebook.

Everyone aspires to maintain high level of moral standards in the beginning. The person experiments, struggles and finally embraces words like pragmatism, worldliness as an escape. Not all, some of them stick to the principles or truly what they believe in and they make many sacrifices, still they carry on relentlessly. They are the men with courage.

We pass through injustice every now and then and undeniably, the time-proven way to follow is SILENCE, which we do, until we are the victim. Every so often, even we are the victim still we feel silence will cure things in course of time. It does, but we spend a life full of guilt and frustration.

Now the question is what prevents us from standing up and voicing what we believe in? Fear. Fear of losing job, fear of annoying someone, fear of revenge, fear of adding trouble in life, fear of being ostracized or fear of just losing our comfort zone.

The men with courage are not without fear but ones who feel their silence is like trading the soul.

Caution: I advocate voicing at any given time what you stand for. But Remember, the harshest of the things can be put in nicest way and vice-versa. So, gauge your language and tone, not to forget the context, that’s what I consider pragmatism. There is always a way you can retain your job or lessen the intensity of annoyance despite expressing courage. This art is not easy to acquire, but unquestionably you’ll stand out without trading your soul.