The Act, Question, and Ponderance of Bravery

JM Valat De Córdova
Aug 20, 2025
3 min read

(NORWALK, CT) – I have often asked myself what does it even mean to be brave? When you do something, do you do it for yourself, for someone else, is the act of questioning yourself making you better or worse. Those are the thoughts that have occupied my mind for some time now. Why do we do the things that we do, and does questioning our actions improve or worsen them?

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