Happy Birthday, Madiba

" I learn that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph
over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who
conquers that fear"
Nelson Mandela

Yesterday it was Nelson Mandela's birthday and if anyone ever showed
courage it was he!
He sacrificed 27 years of his life for a cause, and on release, stayed
focused to achieve his goal. I know he would have enjoyed a "family
day" yesterday - the whole World wishes him well!

It is a great quote.
It is OK to be afraid.
It is OK to share that you are afraid.
But it is conquering that fear where strength and courage come from.
On our expedition, I know there will be times when I and my team mates
will need to show "Mandela Courage". To understand the emotion of fear
within, to express it in a way that then allows us all to gather round
and conquer the fear and the challenge.
Crossing a snow-bridge over a bottomless crevasse certainly makes my
heart race.
To say I was not afraid would be to deny a real emotion and so not be
able to tap into the strength that comes with it.
With understanding of an emotion, comes control of that emotion.
With control comes strength.
Uncontrolled or denied emotions paralyse.
Understood and controlled - activates!

Hurrah
Manley