In our home we love watching musicals. Musicals /ˈmyoo-zi-kulz/: movies and plays with singing and dancing. I grew up on them. Now my kids do too.
Courage cannot erase our fears
My son has been playing “Seize the Day” from Newsies. One line keeps landing:
“Courage cannot erase our fear. Courage is when we face our fear.”
That is the work. The fear does not have to leave first. You move while it is still there.
Facing the fear so you can grow
I still get nervous in front of a camera. That fear has been with me since the first Pronunciation Pro videos. It did not vanish. What changed is that I use courage anyway, because that is what growth asks for. If you are afraid of the English you need to speak up, you are not alone. Anyone who is growing is facing a fear. For the speaking-up side, see afraid of making mistakes while speaking English.
Twenty seconds of courage
Benjamin Mee said in We Bought a Zoo: sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Twenty seconds of embarrassing bravery. Then something good can come of it. Say the next sentence. Then go back and practice the sound that hid. Daily work like these pronunciation tips gives that courage somewhere to land.
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