convincing madness is courage...

He stood at his door, and held the handle. He didn’t want to close the door. The consequences that he had already suffered and that he would probably suffer furthermore and, the world outside indicated that he should close it. Did he need courage to close it? Or would it take courage to leave it opened? Was it madness that made him keep the door open all this time? He held his head low, took a deep breath and then, confidently raised his head and smiled. He opened the door wide. He put his left foot forward and walked out. “How much more can the storm hurt me?”… “I guess I will find out.”