Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
- Raymond Lindquist

Coeur is the French word for "heart." When we act with courage, we act from our hearts, not our heads alone. We boldly do what feels right. We may be scared if we're going against the grain, but we have confidence and faith supporting our actions.

Being courageous does not require going into battle, We do not have to be saving someone's life. It takes a lot of courage just to be honest with ourselves and others, to decide to change behaviors, and to leave destructive relationships.


This was the Hazelden reading for today. I guess all this study of synchronicity has finally rubbed off on me. I needed answers to some questions. I sought guidance in prayer. The quote above attributed to Raymond Lindquist is not a new one to me. I heard it for the first time in a seminar back in February from Ernie Chapin. It spoke to me then and I put it in my computer journal, "What is Love?"

My intuition tells me that I need to have a meaningful conversation with my new neighbor. Somehow he may have an answer to some of my financial dilemmas. I don't know if I need to take a trip into Columbia today or not. I do know that when I do I will be flat broke. I've got two weeks to come up with a job of some sort to pay a few bills. Then I have another two weeks to pay a few more. I've done this before. But I knew the necessary steps to take. This time things feel different, as if the steps I took before won't work this time.

I've been lifted up in prayer a lot lately. I feel it. I'm feeling better. And the immovable object, Jane, doesn't seem to hate me so much. Maybe she even misses me.

An Al-Anon friend loaned me a book last night that was the answer to my prayers. I read through it a few minutes ago. I have been limiting God. I can see the outcome and that's what has worried me. I have to step out on faith today. I will go to Columbia and withdraw that money. It will be for my insurance. I'm going to be okay. I will have a job. I will get by. It's going to be okay. I just need to keep the faith.