If I have the courage to keep quiet,

I have the courage to speak.

If I have the courage to succeed,

I have the courage to fail.

If I have the courage to love,

I have the courage to get hurt.

If I have the courage to own,

I have the courage to let it go.

If I have the courage to stand strong,

I have the courage to fall apart.

If I have the courage to dream,

I have the courage to achieve.

If I have the courage to follow,

I have the courage to lead.

If I have the courage to obey,

I have the courage to rebel.

If I have the courage to travel on known roads,

I have the courage to tread out of my comfort zone.

If I have the courage to make friends,

I have the courage to stand alone.

If I have the courage to abide the rules,

I have the courage to bend them.

If I have the courage to be a child,

I have the courage to grow up.

If I have the courage to choose what is right,

I have the courage to defy what is wrong.

If I have the courage to follow the traditions blindly,

I have the courage to open my eyes and defy them.

If I have the courage to show my strength,

I have the courage to know my weakness.

If I have the courage to be infallible,

I have the courage to make mistakes.

If I have the courage,

I have everything!!!

– © Rekha, Feb 2014