Courage has become Raiders of the Lost Ark, or riding in spaceships, killing people, taking enormous physical risks. … - Mary Pipher

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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.

Mary Pipher

Courage has become Raiders of the Lost Ark, or riding in spaceships, killing people, taking enormous physical risks. To me, the kind of courage that's really interesting is someone whose spouse has Alzheimer's and yet manages to wake up every morning and be cheerful with that person and respectful of that person and find things to enjoy even though their day is very, very difficult. That kind of courage is really undervalued in our culture.

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