Souls taking flight

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things;
Knows not the livid loneliness of fear;
Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear
The sound of wings.

--Amelia Earhart 

I found myself in support of several people yesterday who clearly are finding their courage amidst the "livid loneliness of fear."  I asked them this question, "Do you wish for a life of manageability or magic, and do you know the price of each?" 

When we reached the conclusion together that the price of the former is joy and of the latter is courage, I could hear the sound of their wings unfolding and taking flight - an awesome sound, indeed.