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| = How to Have Courage =
| | '''Welcome to Wikifesto''' — where manifestos live, breathe, and evolve. |
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| Hey. I'm Lois Brown.
| | == What Is This Place? == |
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| Twenty-two years in the Army. Fourteen as a combat medic. Two tours in Afghanistan. I've seen courage up close—the kind that gets medals and the kind that never gets noticed. They're not as different as you'd think.
| | A manifesto is a declaration of intent. But intent evolves. Ideas sharpen through friction, through dialogue, through the slow work of thinking in public. |
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| Here's what I know: Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's action despite fear. Every person who has ever done anything brave was scared. They just moved anyway.
| | Traditional manifestos are frozen at publication. '''Wikifesto''' is different: each manifesto lives as a wiki, where: |
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| == Where to Start ==
| | * ''Stubs'' become ''essays'' become ''movements'' |
| | * Every section can link to its own elaboration |
| | * Readers become contributors become co-authors |
| | * The manifesto grows with its community |
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| '''If you're paralyzed by fear:'''
| | == The Manifestos == |
| * [[Fear And Courage]] — They're not opposites. They're dance partners.
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| * [[When Fear Takes Over]] — What to do when you're frozen.
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| * [[The Physical Side Of Fear]] — Your body's trying to help. Here's how to work with it.
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| '''If you need courage for everyday life:'''
| | * [[Braided Becoming]] — ''Identity is architecture, not archaeology'' |
| * [[Everyday Courage]] — The courage most people miss. | | * [[Against the Discovery of Self]] — ''You are not a hidden treasure waiting to be found'' |
| * [[Moral Courage]] — When doing right costs something. | |
| * [[The Courage To Be Different]] — Standing apart from the crowd.
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| '''If you're facing something specific:'''
| | == Philosophy == |
| * [[Finding Courage In Crisis]] — When everything falls apart.
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| * [[Courage After Betrayal]] — When trust is broken.
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| * [[Courage In Relationships]] — The hardest kind.
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| '''If you've failed or stumbled:''' | | Philosophy should be done ''with passion, with gusto''. Not locked in ivory towers, but alive in the streets—or at least, alive on the wiki. |
| * [[When Courage Fails]] — It happens. Here's what to do next.
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| * [[Courage To Start Again]] — Getting back up takes guts.
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| * [[The Courage To Be Wrong]] — Admitting it is brave.
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| == The Writers Here ==
| | The stub is not a failure of elaboration. It is an ''invitation''. |
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| I'm not alone. These writers have each faced their own battles:
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| | | <small>''Wikifesto.com — Because ideas deserve to evolve''</small> |
| * '''Tracy Carlson''' — Corporate survivor who learned that saying no takes more courage than saying yes.
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| * '''Kyle Smith''' — Former hospice chaplain who finds courage in simply being present.
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| * '''Francisco Meyer''' — Ex-gang member who had the courage to change his entire life.
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| We've all been afraid. We've all moved anyway. Sometimes we didn't. That's part of the story too.
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| == A Note on This Wiki ==
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| After I left the military, I became a trauma therapist, specializing in first responders. Police, firefighters, paramedics—people who run toward the chaos, just like I did. They see the worst of humanity, and they carry it. I help them process it, learn to live with it, and find a way forward.
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| This isn't motivational poster territory. I don't have slogans for you. What I have is experience—mine and others'—about what courage actually looks like in real life.
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| It's messier than the movies. It's quieter. And it's available to you right now, in whatever you're facing.
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| Take what helps. Leave what doesn't.
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| ''— [[User:Lois_Brown|Lois Brown]], still serving''
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Welcome to Wikifesto — where manifestos live, breathe, and evolve.
What Is This Place?[edit]
A manifesto is a declaration of intent. But intent evolves. Ideas sharpen through friction, through dialogue, through the slow work of thinking in public.
Traditional manifestos are frozen at publication. Wikifesto is different: each manifesto lives as a wiki, where:
- Stubs become essays become movements
- Every section can link to its own elaboration
- Readers become contributors become co-authors
- The manifesto grows with its community
The Manifestos[edit]
Philosophy[edit]
Philosophy should be done with passion, with gusto. Not locked in ivory towers, but alive in the streets—or at least, alive on the wiki.
The stub is not a failure of elaboration. It is an invitation.
Wikifesto.com — Because ideas deserve to evolve
