While in Boston, I took the commuter rail to visit friends at a nearby university and then returned via train to my sister’s workplace. One of her co-workers remarked that taking public transportation in a new city was very “brave” of me.
It may sound like that, but what he didn’t know was that my sister did all the work. She looked up schedules and determined which train I should take and when. She instructed me to download the app in advance and helped me buy the ticket. She dropped me off at the train station and equipped me with the return schedule. There was not much bravery involved when everything was laid out for me.
I think this is an example that applies to many other situations. We see people doing things that appear courageous and as something we could never do ourselves, but we have no idea of the back story and the assistance these people received to enable them to act. Help is available if we ask for it, and doing so allows everyone to do “brave” things.
Thanks, Meg!
