Dauntless

In the dictionary, dauntless is defined as " very brave" or "fearless". But what is so brave about attempting to complete a  dauntless task? Is it the fact that that task may never be complete? Or is it the fact that completing that task may push one to the brink? 

Struggling  to complete a dauntless task is heroic, no matter the task, because attempting to complete the task allows one to grow as a person.  Throughout the day to day trials and journey to complete the task, one grows: in their confidence, character, and integrity.  As Veronica Roth said, 

" There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater. 

But sometimes it doesn't. 

Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk to a better life."

Roth acknowledges that being brave doesn't have to be a big act, like saving someone's life, but can be as  simple as attempting, and even completing, something that is difficult or scares you.