Lavelle pointed out:
Le véritable courage consiste à reconnaître notre vocation, qui est unique au monde, et à lui demeurer fidèle au milieu de tous les obstacles que nous rencontrons, sans nous permettre de jamais céder devant eux.
It is curious to note how a vocation, while it is relevant to the world, is always more or less hindered by it. Its relevance stems from its uniqueness; it stems from the fact that the world expands through its fulfillment, regardless of any considerations of greatness. However, that same world seems to boil down to a set of circumstances that actively work to disrupt it, to divert and disperse the focus, to obscure it, to belittle it, and to redirect the energy toward another end. The courage to face it, then, is truly authentic, for it confronts the whole at a tremendous disadvantage, in a battle in which the possible victory is always partial, taking upon oneself the extremely difficult task of striving to draw energy from the opposing force—but, above all, it is authentic because it does not hesitate in the face of the fundamental conflict.