To me, courage is the willingness to be vulnerable. Toughness is the ability to withstand things when they go horribly wrong as they inevitably will.

One can have courage to do something, sure, but the real freedom is the ability to cope with the consequences - good or bad - of doing so.

The world sucks, it takes a lot of courage to live in it. It takes toughness to thrive.

I choose to thrive.