Courage, Apathy and Fear

“Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears” Arthur Koestler.

Google the word courage and hundreds of definitions will appear.  Throughout history different people have defined courage in different ways – often in the context of a particular situation giving rise to the demonstration of courage.  Google courageous people and one will inevitably find the names of people such as Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, and Rosa Parks.  In the context of Guyana, Walter Rodney, Cheddi Jagan and Hubert Critchlow immediately come to mind. These are the household names of our familiar.

This writer has chosen to consider