"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear knowing what must be done does away with fear."

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Insight & Reflection

This reflection on courage by Rosa Parks resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in courage is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement".

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