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When did courage fail you?

When did courage fail you? 0BpN9

Being courageous all the time isn't helpful because it may not favour one to be courageous at certain situations. Being courageous has not only failed me once, it has failed me many times. One of those times was when I went on a trek organised by my school. My friend had lost his bottle somewhere in the boulders. We went looking for it immediately. Ten minutes later my friend spotted it stuck between the boulders. Without hesitation I ran across the boulders to get it. Suddenly I slipped by the edge of a boulder and fell from a height of 1. 5 meters with a thorn bush stuck in my cheek. You may say I didn't pay enough attention to my surroundings. but I would not have taken the decision to run across the boulders without second thought.

Being courageous all the time isn't helpful This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:due to the factin light of the fact thatowing to the fact that
because
 it may not Possible spelling mistake. 'favour' is British English.favor
favour
 one to be courageous at certain situations. Being courageous has not This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :exclusively
only
 failed me once, it has failed me This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:a plethora ofa number ofnumerous
many
 times. One of those times was when I went on a trek Possible spelling mistake. 'organised' is British English.organized
organised
 by my school. My friend had lost his bottle somewhere in the boulders. We went looking for it immediately. Ten minutes later my friend spotted it stuck between the boulders. Without The comma is probably missing here: "hesitation, I".hesitation, I
hesitation I
 ran across the boulders to This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :acquire
get
 it. Suddenly
 I slipped by the edge of a boulder and fell from a height of 1. 5 meters with a thorn bush stuck in my cheek. You may say I didn't pay This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:abundance
enough
 attention to my surroundings. This sentence does not start with an uppercase letterBut
but
 I would not have taken the decision to run across the boulders without second This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :reckonedassumedbelievedconsidered
thought
. 