“In the beginning, there is no big difference between the coward and the courageous person. Both have fear. The difference is, that the coward listens to his fears and follows them. The courageous person puts them aside and goes ahead. The fears are there, he knows them, but the courageous person goes into the unknown in spite of all the fears.
Courage does not mean fearlessness, but going into the unknown in spite of all the fears.
To accept the challenge of the unknown is courage. The fears are there, but if you go on accepting the challenge again and again, slowly, slowly those fears disappear.
The joy that the unknown brings, the great ecstasy that starts happening with the unknown, makes you strong enough, gives you a certain integrity, and makes your intelligence sharp. You start feeling that life is not just a boredom.
Life is an adventure. Slowly, slowly fears disappear and you go on seeking and searching for new adventures.
Osho, Come, Come, Yet Again Come, Talk #4
