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Some will stand for what is right. No matter the cost or degree of fear nursed in them
I can’t think of any other symbol of courage against overwhelming odds.

Have you ever watched the movie titled “300”? You may not be a movie fan, but I will still recommend it. It is not only exciting, encouraging and educative but somehow lets you see hidden parts of yourself.

“300” is not only a movie about a Spartan King who takes 300 men and goes to battle to stand against the whole of Persia’s army. It is a real story being told on the big screen.

In 480BC a Spartan king named Leonidas refused submission to the Persian Empire, which was seriously expanding into Europe. He took along 300 Spartans to fight against the Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Today, that battle is referred to as the battle of Thermopylae.

300 Spartans, plus some soldiers from other Greek states and allies made a total number of 7000 Greek soldiers standing against 2,641,610 Persians soldiers. Mathematically, one Greek soldier had to fight 440 Persian soldiers. Is that not great? Is that not courage? What else should I use as an example of a courageous move.

I don’t know what the outcome of the fight could have been if the Greek army was not betrayed by Ephialtes who revealed to the Persian army, a secret mountain path that led behind the Greek lines. Thank God it happened that way. Although the Greek at last defeated the Persians, it was in another battle. If they succeeded in this particular battle, you and would never have believed it. We could have named it a myth. 7000 against 2,641,610? That’s weird.

Someone will instantly believe that a battle of 1: 440 will not last an hour. Believe this, the Greeks sustained that battle for three days.

How many times have we actually stood up to fight against odds in our life? How many of those battles have we won? Why did we refuse to fight when we had a chance? Is it because the odds outnumbered us? Numbers are just imaginary. Courage is in the mind.

Can you boast of being courageous?