Excerpt from the book “The Gifts of Imperfection”:

… I realized that courage is one of the  most important qualities that Wholehearted people have in common. And not just any kind of courage; I found that Wholeheartedness requires ordinary courage. Here’s what I mean…The root of the word courage is cor-the Latin word for heart. Courage originally meant to “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” Overtime, this definition has changed, and, today, courage is more synonymous with being heroics. Heroics is important and we certainly need heroes, but I think we’ve lost touch with the idea that speaking honestly and openly about who we are, about what we’re feeling, and about our experience (good and bad) is the definition of courage. Heroics is often about putting our life on the line. Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. …

-Brene Brown