[Boreas]

It reminds me of this quote:

‘Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond imagination. It is our light more than our darkness which scares us. We ask ourselves – who are we to be brilliant, beautiful, talented, and fabulous. But honestly, who are you to not be so?

You are a child of God, small games do not work in this world. For those around us to feel peace, it is not example to make ourselves small. We were born to express the glory of god that lives in us. It is not in some of us, it is in all of us. While we allow our light to shine, we unconsciously give permission for others to do the same. When we liberate ourselves from our own fears, simply our presence may liberate others.’

- Marianne Williamson in Return to Love: Reflections on a Course in Miracles


I guess the point is that it is not so much about courage as ridding oneself of fear. You can use courage to do this, or you can work to the higher good, like Steve. When money is the issue, I think it is better to try focus on the higher good, as this helps disassociate ego from the whole equation.

I am like you in that I am only after money at the moment, I would like to believe I care about a higher good, but I find I just cannot do not that.

I daytrade and I look at the whole thing as an excersize to keep my mind under control and divorce myself of false reality. It is a way for me to practice living conciously, which I found can fade without practice. I can tell you from daytrading one of the most profound things I found is how much we want to destroy ourselves. It is like once a certain level of success has been achieved a need is felt to lose it all back, it is this fear, this feeling that 'I don't deserve it'. The key to disolving that feeling is more than courage I think, it is a matter of letting go of the ego, however you can.