Courage and Fear 勇气与恐惧

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Hello! Good evening!晚上好！I’m so happy to see you. I’m树华, and it’s almost time to say good night.

哈喽！晚上好！很开心见到你。我是树华，快到了说晚安的时候。

But first, let’s have a chat.

可是我们先聊会儿吧。

洋洋, on Ximalaya, asked me:“What do you think of courage? How can we overcome hesitation?”

洋洋，我们喜马拉雅上的朋友，问了我：你对勇气有什么看法？我们如何克服犹豫？

Actually, I’m not sure I know what courage is. In the movies, the hero is usually someone with a lot of courage who can fight and sacrifice. Those heroes never seem afraid of anything - their courage is like a superpower that makes them strong and fast and unafraid.

其实我也不太确定我知道勇气到底是什么。在很多电影里，所谓的英雄就是一个充满勇气、能打能牺牲的人。这些英雄什么都不怕；TA们的勇气就像一种超能力，让TA们很强很快和完全无畏。

But I don’t think that kind of courage is realistic. Everyone is afraid sometimes. Does that mean that most people don’t have any courage?

可是，我觉得这种“勇气”很不现实。每个人都有害怕的时候。这就是说大部分人都没有勇气吗？

I don’t think so. I think courage isn’t the opposite of fear. I think courage is the ability to do something even when you’re afraid. It’s understanding that fear is not as important as it feels. Right? Fear can feel so important, but really it isn’t. It’s just another feeling.

我觉得不是。我觉得勇气并不是害怕的反义词。我觉得勇气是虽然害怕但是还能选择往前走的能力，是明白害怕本身没有那么的重要的智慧。对吧？“害怕”会感觉非常重要，可是它并不是，它只是一种感觉而已。

So courage is like zooming out and seeing that your fear is just one part of you. Then you can look at all the other parts of you - your love, your hope, your hard work - and make a choice about what to do.

所以勇气就是一种“缩小”功能，一种让你看清楚“害怕”才是你的一小部分的能力。大图缩小了以后，你就可以看到你的另一些方面， 你的爱、你的希望、你的努力，然后再为未来做选择。

And that’s not easy, but talking to a friend or even a therapist might help. Anything that helps you understand your fear and move forward anyway is courage.

这并不简单，可是跟朋友或者心理咨询师聊可能会有帮助。任何一个能让你看透你的恐惧然后接着往前走的东西就算是一种“勇气”吧。

What about you? What do you think about courage? I want to know, but now it’s time to say goodnight. So, goodnight!

你呢？你对勇气有什么看法？我很想知道，可是现在就到了要说晚安的时候了。所以，晚安！