What is courage to me?
Courage is bravery and the will to overcome your fears; to be afraid and still do it. To do something that does not feel good or makes you afraid takes courage. Courage means to be mentally strong and confident in times of distress or sticking to your beliefs when others disagree. Taking a risk to help others can be another form of courage. I used courage at the Advanced Band concert at the Royal Chulan Hotel.
Facing my fear
The concert was at the Royal Chulan Hotel, a 5 star hotel,. playing in front of 500 to 600 people. I was so nervous because it was my first concert playing my trumpet. I had only started playing the trumpet three months prior. I was afraid that I would mess up really bad at the Advanced Band Christmas concert. we were playing in the ballroom. I felt like I was going to die, but I had to do it. I felt like lightheaded and like I was about to vomit. My mouth was so dry that I couldn't get my lips to make a noise.
How did I overcome my fear?
I thought about the band really needing me and that thought helped me get up on stage in front of all those people. When we started playing, I forgot all my fears. I played really well and did my part to help the band. I felt like the band raised Christmas spirit in the room and gave people something to listen to by playing songs like "Christmas in a Kennel" and "Greensleeves."
What did I learn?
I learned that the more courage you have the better your results will be. You will never need courage if you don't take risks. I also learned that the less you think about your fears, the less scared you will be. I felt really good about my performance and my experiance led me to try out for the middle school musical.
hey sid, I seriously enjoyed reading your story about a time when you have courage. I liked how you placed your paragraphs very organized, clearly in order from topic to something you learned. I'm not sure if we are permitted to do this, but I think we can ask a friend to make suggestions for our writing, so that someone could remind you to put some more words to make your sentences easier to understand or any other suggestions. My last comment is that I'm just reminding you sometimes graphics can make people to be more excited to read your blog writing, good job sidney keep up!
ReplyDeleteGreat story Sid! I liked how you had to conquer your fears by performing in front of a crowd of 600 people, and how you used metaphors and similies to support your feelings. But their is 1 problem; you kind of overused certain words in your blog. Another complaint is that I kinda got bored of reading your blog (no offense!), so a tip from me is to try to add graphics to your posts and try to change the back ground color of your blog, it seems a bit dull.
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