Are You Courageous?

I've been thinking a lot lately about courage. 
It seems like such a simple concept, doesn't it? But, really, who decides what's courageous or not? What's seemingly so simple, so ordinary for one person to do might be terrifying for someone else––which makes doing that one "simple" thing an act of courage.
Crossing the street. 
Leaving the house. 
Shaking a hand. 
Using a public bathroom. 
Riding in an elevator. 
Crossing over a bridge.
They're things that millions of people do, millions of times a day, without ever thinking about them. But they're also things that many, many other people are afraid of. They're things that it takes an act of courage to do. 
What's easy for you might seem fearless to someone else––someone who's afraid of doing that thing. While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, courage is in the eye of the doer. Never assume that courage is achieved only on a grand scale. It's in everyday things. Every day is an act of courage.