Brave is those firefighters, like in 9/11, that to me is brave.
You've hit the nail on the head there. That is exactly the kind of thing I think is brave.
The brave people are ones who go above and beyond what a 'normal' person would do to save another life ( as an example) whilst risking themselves. I've heard it said before that there is a fine line between bravery and stupidity. It all comes down to the assessed risk of the action you are about to do as to which of the above is the side of the line you on. (Someone else's definition, not mine).
I'm fairly certain it's not a word I will ever think applies to me....nor strong. How can it be "brave" when there is no choice about the way you have responded to whatever has happened....you do it that way because it is the only way to do things, there is no valid alternative....whether that be physically,mentally, emotionally and morally.
I wonder if my definitions are up the wall and tainted tbh. I have a weird definition of courage that probably isn't true or accurate too.
I can see how getting up the guts to do or say something means working up the courage to get it done despite being afraid.....but the definition of that being a courageous thing once it's done isn't right in my head.
I know going off the dictionary definition that it should stand as being courageous if you had to build up courage to do it...but in my head it doesn't work. To me, courageous is something different.
I really don't understand why the 'strong' words don't have the same meaning to me.
