Week Four — Courage (The Flame)
What it means to speak — and stay
Week Four of 365 Acts of Affection moved us into different terrain.
From grounding to courage.
From rooting to voicing.
From safety to truth.
Courage, in The Affection Economy, isn’t about dominance or volume.
It’s about alignment.
This week asked us to notice where we’ve been editing ourselves — and why.
Across the seven acts, courage appeared in simple, human ways:
saying the true thing, kindly
asking for what we need
naming what we’ve been avoiding
choosing honesty over ease
letting our voice be heard, even briefly
declining what doesn’t align
standing with the decision we make
Each act revealed something important: courage isn’t reckless. It’s relational.
Truth can be held with care.
Needs are information.
Light changes things.
What we avoid doesn’t disappear — it waits.
And what we don’t say doesn’t dissolve — it settles in the body, the culture, the system.
This week wasn’t about confrontation.
It was about integrity.
About understanding that not every yes is respectful.
That comfort can cost us more than honesty.
That choosing alignment, even quietly, is an act of self-respect.
Courage, here, is the flame that illuminates rather than burns.
It helps us see where we are out of alignment.
It invites us back into choice.
It reminds us that voice doesn’t need to be loud to be real.
As we move forward in the practice, this flame becomes something we carry — not as armour, but as guidance.
Because courage isn’t a moment.
It’s a practice.
And every time we choose truth with care, we strengthen it.
