you wake up knowing it's time to take up with your demons and put up with these people who mess up everyone around them by telling them they're fucked up when that's really all of us. we're all just screw ups and we all want to give up but we're brave when we buck up and deal with the toss ups that continue to mess us up.

For the sake of my piece, let's quote The Fault In Our Stars. "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities." But let me add, that just because one infinity is bigger than another, does not mean that the smaller infinity is any less of an infinity just because there is a bigger infinity. Because it's still an infinity.

Let's pertain this to bravery. Some acts of bravery are bigger than other acts of bravery. Such as a fireman diving into a fire to save a damsel in distress is a bigger bravery than another fireman climbing a tree to save a cat. (Respectively) For the sake of my point, let's just agree this is true. (Some people will have different opinions on which is a braver act, and that's okay.)

Just because the fireman went up a tree to save a cat and the other dove into a fire, does not mean that the one that climbed the tree was not brave. It still takes courage to go up that high for the sake of someone, or something, else.

You woke up and went to work/school today? Good for you. That was brave. You woke up and didn't have anywhere to go? That's just as brave. You woke up, and that's all that matters.

You cared enough to brush your teeth last night? That was brave of you.

Don't let other people make you feel like you haven't done anything important.

Bravery is something not many have or are afraid to show. It is what makes one strong. The kind of bravery one thinks of when you hear the word is the kind that Firefighters, Policeman, Pilots and Military personnel obtain but that's not what I think of. I think of the child fighting cancer. The single mother who sacrifices her time to support her family. The single father who gives his child all the love his mother couldn't. A child who stops bullying from happening. A teacher who saves a life. That's bravery!