Complacency
n.
1. A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy.
2. An instance of contented self-satisfaction.
This is our enemy. You see. The opposite of “Courage” is not fear. It is complacency. I heard a great analogy on the radio today that inspired part of these thoughts: “A dead fish can still float along with the stream.”
Don’t be that dead fish. Don’t sit on the sidelines. Let your voice be heard because it may be all that you have. When speaking in unison, we create songs of change. And there is always a need for change.
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
— Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear
I’m looking forward to reading that series as soon as Shae and finish with Robert Jordan. We’ll have a tossup between that and LOTR!