Courage is finally becoming familiar with the unknown.
That not-so-profound quote was just made up by me for my son. He is very "cautious" when it comes to trying to new things.
I will never label him as a coward, because he is not. He simply needs a few tries and exposures to a new activity before he has the courage to do something.
It is kind of ironic that I just barely wrote about his dislike of typical playground fare. Why ironic? you may ask. Well, the day after I typed up those two posts, Joseph went down a multitude of slides (the particular park we were at had three slides: a small one, a twisty one, and a tubular one). He also chose that same day (yesterday) to absolutely BEG me to place him in the swing, and not protest after having been placed there! Hooray! Going down the slide and swinging, all in the same day, seems like a pretty big acomplishment to me.
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