It is easy to stand up when the crowd is behind you, when there are chants to echo and signs to hold. But what happens when the crowd disappears? When it is just you, your conscience, and the truth? Will you still speak up when silence would be easier? Will you defend your rights when doing so might cost you something? The real test of courage is not in numbers, it is in isolation. Will you stand even when you stand alone? Sure, you’ve failed in the past, do you want to feel that way again. There is a reason your eyes hurt.