Everyday Courage And Common Sense (1968)

[Music] bail out that takes courage or does it it's a dangerous job but these men have little time to think about the danger involved also parachutists receive special training so that they can do their job almost as a habit without fear there may be little courage needed but considerable courage may be needed to go off a highboard especially for someone who hasn't done it before Dan won't be risking his life if he dives off the board he's learned to dive safely by practicing on the lowboard still he's never been off the high board before and it's a long way down he's scared that took courage but does it take courage for Larry he's not afraid he's done it dozens of times before it's not so much what you do as how you feel about it that takes courage it doesn't take courage for Larry and Dan to swim in deep water but what about little Keith who's just learning it takes courage for Keith just to put his face underwater Common Sense tells him not to go into deep water yet risking physical injury requires a certain kind of Courage a kind of Courage which is easy to see and admire and yet probably the most important things we do in life require courage of Another Kind hey Steve did you finish those math problems Mrs Davis gave us yeah they weren't too hard yeah I had to go to the dentist ch yesterday and I didn't get a chance to do them uh can I copy them from you well I don't know Ken come on I do it for you Mrs Davis won't know I won't copy them exactly Steve's afraid to say no he doesn't want to lose Ken's friendship but he doesn't feel it would be right to let Ken copy the homework it takes courage for Steve to turn him down I can't Ken really I don't think it'd be right doing what you think is right often requires courage Paula isn't thinking about what's right she's just playing but her courage is about to be tested look who's coming oh no it's Danna pretend you don't see who wants play Miss messy yes it's Donna she has long hair which she almost never Combs some of the girls call her Miss Messi Paula doesn't feel it's right to tease a girl because of the way she looks and anyhow Paula likes Donna she's a good friend Paula would like to have her play with with them but she's afraid to ask her now afraid that her other friends might call Paula names and refuse to play with her it takes courage for Paula to do what she thinks is Right Donna do you want to play with us do you want to play with us a small thing to say but it makes a big difference to Donna will Paula's friends object no one is complaining it's going to be okay Paula's glad that she had the courage to do what she thought was right sometimes it takes courage to admit when you've done something wrong okay you can do it Mike feels like running too but he doesn't what will the owner of the house do did you hit this ball yes sir I did I did didn't think you go that far well next time you'll know I'll pay for the window well I'm not going to make you pay you were man enough not to run away and I respect that I think your friend should learn to do the same let's go talk to them something else that takes courage is to try new things Margaret has a agreed to learn a new dance for a play she's having trouble with it the laughter of her classmates doesn't make it any easier it takes courage for Margaret to continue practicing it would be easier for her to say I'm sorry I can't do this dance and let someone else try but she isn't about to quit she sticks with it at home she continues practicing when she does the dance again back at school the others don't laugh she's glad she stuck with it the night of the performance her courage is tested [Music] again there are so many people in the audience what if she makes a mistake [Music] no she can't go on she can't she just can't and yet what about the others they're doing their parts and they're depending on her to come out at the right time well she did it before in front of the class when she was afraid guess she can do it again [Music] each time we do something that we're afraid to do and succeed at it our courage builds we become more sure of ourselves we become more confident that we can do things that are difficult and frightening and come out on top you don't always have to do something that's new or difficult or dangerous to be courageous sometimes it takes courage to Simply go on with something you've been doing sometimes that may mean being different from your group the boys want Dan to play tennis with them but Dan wants to finish his picture they won't leave him alone though they need one more to make it even can you see how this might test Dan's courage Steve says that only draw it's not easy being different from the group it would be a lot easier for Dan to give up the picture and play tennis with his friends it takes courage for Dan to continue drawing the next day the boys are riding their bikes and Ken thinks of a way to well to show what he thinks is courage but what a way to do it he could get hit by a car riding in the middle of the street if you were Mike or Dan or Steve would you take Ken's dare would you risk your life just to prove How brave you are this is no longer courage but fool hardiness Common Sense tells us that facing danger is not always the thing to do it's not always smart to do what someone else might call being brave on the other hand remember that there are many times in our everyday lives when we are faced with situations that may be difficult perhaps frightening situations where we must act courageously to do things that are important to us each each time we act in a courageous way we gain in our ability to overcome difficult situations whenever we meet them [Music]