Courage is law enforcement personnel who put their lives on the line to serve and protect the people.
Courage is the "whistle blower" who risks a job and family stability to point out greed and corruption within a business, educational institution, or governmental agency.
Courage is the lone dissenter who fights for social and economic justice in a society that is determined to continue the "me generation."
Courage is the recent graduate who delays entry into the job market, the mid-career executive who gives up the fast track, or the senior citizen who decides there is more to life than retirement, and volunteers for AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, or any of hundreds of non-profit organizations that have taken on the burden of helping those who society has made invisible.
Courage is the parents who work two low-income service jobs, support their families, and still donate time and money to charities that help those less fortunate than they.
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