Our fear is the thing that will allow us to be stronger and persevere. This fear will push us to do greater things in our lives and it might test our limits at times, but if we have the courage to allow ourselves to overcome this fear, we will become the man/woman that people idealize and become. strive to be, but everyone. is afraid even of firefighters, police officers or even soldiers. We are all afraid, we just need to have the courage to persevere. This is what I think of when I hear courage or perseverance. My name is Joseph and I am going to share with you my experience with fear and how it pushed me to the breaking point and how I had to have the courage to persevere. In 2011, I was at the beach with one of my very good friends. named Treven. We were in the water trying to body surf when Treven said "hey, you want to learn how to really surf." Yeah, sure," I said with so much enthusiasm that I didn't know what I was getting myself into. We went and got a surfboard. It was foam and plastic with a blue outer layer and a traction pad on the back The surfboard was standing there against the trailer with fins like a dolphin about an inch off the ground and I didn't know how I was going to carry it up. the beach when I tried to pick it up, it was so heavy, almost like I was picking up an elephant. Treven said "Look, let's pick it up together, it'll be easier." said "I can pick it up myself." Having difficulty picking it up, I put it on my shoulder and started walking to the beach. When I finally got to the beach, I. saw everyone relaxing, drinking water and eating sandwiches Treven and I were walking towards the water, it was like going into battle When I finally got to the middle of paper... ..., “Well, you did it, now let’s sit down and eat something.” “Okay.” When I sat down to eat Trevens, Mom gave me a PB and J sandwich. The sandwich tasted like candy and I was the little kid who had to eat it. I was eating the sandwich when my dad said, “So surfing was hard and you weren’t afraid.” “Yes, it was hard, but I had to have the courage to persevere.” Our fear is what will allow us to be stronger and persevere. This fear will push us to do greater things in our lives and it might test our limits at times, but if we have the courage to allow ourselves to overcome this fear, we will become the man/woman that people idealize and become. strive to be, but everyone. is afraid even of firefighters, police officers or even soldiers. We are all afraid, we just need to have the courage to persevere. This is what I think of when I think of courage or perseverance.