Courage is the Fortitude of Life

What is fortitude? Everyone answers this question differently. I believe that fortitude is not just a person's ability to endure all the blows of fate. It is not only a struggle with oneself, which is the most difficult struggle. It is not only about enduring and overcoming all adversity.

Strength of mind is a kaleidoscope of wonderful human qualities such as courage, determination, kindness, openness, honesty.

Few people are distinguished by this set of qualities. In this essay, we will try to analyze examples from the life of people with strong spirit, and determine what exactly distinguishes them from the rest.

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Strength of mind - self-control, strength of character, the ability to gather strength overcoming difficult life situations. A person with the strength of the spirit will not bend under external difficulties, will not retreat from his goal. Unbending will is brought up in a person by parents and is manifested as a result of overcoming crisis situations.

In life, we often hear about people with a strong will and character. In my opinion, such qualities are possessed by those who for many years bravely resist dangerous diseases, while maintaining vigor and vitality. Let us recall the fate of the oncologist Mike Hales, who himself suffered from a malignant tumor. Still, he found the strength to work as a doctor and talk about the fight against the disease to thousands of people who read his page on the Internet.

He wrote honestly about the chances of survival, talked about his own symptoms, conducted educational work. His example, it seems to me, helped a lot of patients not to lose faith in the best, to be conscious and sensible about their condition, to maintain a psychological attitude towards recovery. The strength of the spirit, the strength of will of such a person deserves respect.

There are examples in the history of our country when the manifestation of fortitude and courage became a mass phenomenon. The whole world was struck by the staunchness and moral strength of the brave hearts, who were in the blockade during the war. In a city surrounded by enemies and subjected to mortar attacks, hungry people worked in factories and in hospitals, taught lessons in schools, and were on duty on rooftops to prevent fires from being hit by incendiary bombs.

In fact, the entire population of the huge city performed a daily and hourly feat. How difficult it was for these people, exhausted by hunger and hard work, freezing in cold apartments, not to surrender to the enemy, not to lose faith in Victory! In this harsh time, each of them had to show unbending will, tremendous strength of mind.

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Sometimes even children and adolescents are able to show courage and fortitude in a critical situation. So, recently from the media we learned that a sixteen-year-old teenager saved a girl and her father from the icy water of the lake. The boy instantly assessed the danger of the situation, acted decisively, correctly. A very young hero, risking his own life, fought to save others, people who were strangers to him. Of course, this is a manifestation of fortitude, courage.

Strength of spirit is a rare quality, because not everyone is able to forget about themselves, selflessly fight for the lives of other people, defend the freedom of the people around them.

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