Did you do it because you had to, or wanted to?
2006-10-26 11:46:46 · 14 answers · asked by -skrowzdm- 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
left the continent
2006-10-26 11:48:00 · answer #1 · answered by Joe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I worked with kidz in a school system that damaged them more than did good. These kidz were emotionally impaired but bright. They did not have appropriate classes for these and would kick them out of school at every chance they got. I became suspicious of them when the kids improved all summer and then took a nose dive shortly after they returned to school. I decided this was not right and that something had to be done. I knew the federal Gov was giving them 200,000 a year but they got no adequate classes. Lotsa work and study and confronting and conferances with people who did not want them around (understandable but wrong) and it became obvious I would lose my career and income if I did not stop but by the time I figured this out I had also developed a winning strategy, and decided it was a wrong that had to be corrected.
I found that the cost of them going to trial was more than if they dealt with the problem correctly. I went to all the parents I could find in that county and told them just do not sign the IEPC plan and ask for a trial. It was not important that they could win only that they should force them to go to trial.
it worked. In returnthey set me up charged with a crime I did not commit and even though it was dismissed with predjudice without ever even having to take the stand still I have never been able to get a job since in my field. They still have ways to black ball you, as they always have, but I knew that from my days on the RR.
there were others but it was my last and old age without a professional career. A few years latter they set up mandatory arbitration but there were already many qualified people hired to help.
2006-10-27 06:40:13 · answer #2 · answered by icheeknows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Continue to attempt to have children. I have had 4 miscarriages and 1 stillbirth. I nearly died with the stillbirth and I sacrificed a good portion of kidney function with each pregnancy. I had 2 more difficult and yet successful high risk pregnancies knowing I most likely would not deliver a live child. God is good as they are now 11 and 13. The courage did not come from me but was a Grace from above.
2006-10-26 18:50:42 · answer #3 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it would have to be letting go of my kids. I was divorced from their dad, and there were times I had to give up control and put my self aside for them.
I read a story in the Bible once about King Solomon. It was about two mothers (harlots) who both had babies at the same time, but in the night, one of them died, and the woman whose baby died stole the other baby. They were fighting over it and the dispute was put before King Solomon. He, in his wisdom, said to cut the child in half and divide it between the women. The woman who was not the mother said 'yes!' cut the baby in two, the other woman cried out not to harm the baby but to give it to the other woman. So King Solomon knew who the real mother was, because she would rather give the child away, than see any harm come to it.
I had to do this many times with their new step mom. I had to watch them be mothered by someone else, rather than have it the way I wanted it, or 'fight over' them and have any harm come to them.
2006-10-26 19:06:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put on the hijab (hair cover)...
I never thought i would but suddenly it felt right...
I felt good about it.
Another courageous thing i do from time to time is revolt against conformity. I'm not a fan of ignorance. I constantly question everything. From my religion to my political stance to the topics of my essays for university. I refuse to back down from my beliefs. If i do have freedom as a result of the constitution, i should be able to use it in any non-violent and non-hurtful way i please. I'm not hurting anyone with my questions. Just educating myself.
2006-10-26 18:48:06 · answer #5 · answered by falzalnz 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Saved a guys life who was nearly about to be engulfed in flames when his car slid off the freeway and hit a tree, trapping him inside. I ran up and pulled him out by his feet as he kicked out the glass window....
I didnt have to do it. I could have kept driving like ever other person did. I didnt really want to risk my life either. But I felt COMPELLED BY COMPASSION FOR A FELLOW MAN.
2006-10-26 18:51:54 · answer #6 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Every breath we take is courageous, courage is not something to be measured and marked, it is something that is inherent in every human being. Cowardice is a construct of society...
2006-10-26 18:49:56 · answer #7 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tried to save my brother from substance abuse - it didn't work. I did this because I wanted to. I feel guilty to this day. I have had success in business, relationships, competitive sports and education - but none of that means anything compared to failing at saving his life.
2006-10-26 18:51:35 · answer #8 · answered by commonsense 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To keep my faith in the One True God despite imprisonment.
I had fear previously, and because of that I realize that I had no courage, but God makes me strong.
2006-10-26 18:53:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I walk out of church & sat on the sidewalk until the service was over.
I disagreed with the sermoun.
2006-10-26 18:49:44 · answer #10 · answered by ladytc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Married my wife(of 23 yrs),a black woman,in a church behind the Yahweh temple in Miami. The Yahweh followers were killing white devils at that time.
2006-10-26 18:50:24 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋