“This is ultimately the only courage required of us: the courage to face the strangest, most unusual, most inexplicable experiences we encounter.” 

R.M. Rilke 

In a process of change that seeks something truly new, the repetition of the familiar is a hindrance. Change processes are alive. If a system does not change, it loses its vitality. When something new emerges, it usually cannot be planned, it happens out of the necessity of life to change. This new thing is often unknown. The unknown also causes fear, which is a natural biological function. 

As long as you stay within the known, situations seem clear and reasonably safe. You usually know what’s coming next because it always does. It takes courage to leave this known world and endure the unknowing that is necessary for the new to emerge. 

To be courageous is to stand still in the unknown and accept not knowing. However, courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability not to react immediately to fear. As General Patton says: “Courage is nothing more than the fear that you can stand for another minute”.