With Courage

I remember feeling afraid as a kid and thinking that I was a coward--that the mere presence of fear in my life made me a coward. I did not know that one of the definitions of courage was the ability to do the right thing in spite of fear. One particular word in the Fourth Step that I had difficulty with, therefore, was the word "fearless." "Fearless" does not necessarily imply the absence of fear. Fearless means "with courage."