Being brave means holding your fear in one hand and your responsibility in the other, and this kid was doing what he thought was right, even while he was pants-shittingly scared of whatever he’d found out.
I think there’s a big difference between being brave and being fearless. Being brave requires fear – you can’t have courage if you were never scared to begin with. I often think that kids are some of the bravest people there are, because life is so scary for them, but they try new things anyway! A baby doesn’t know whether taking a step will lead to adventure or doom, but it pushes itself up and waddles around and falls down over and over again. If that’s not brave, I don’t know what is.
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