tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94917583229577258.post4190134900523115174..comments2023-10-10T05:03:33.043-04:00Comments on Epiphanettes: HeroesThierry Sagnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10675374068437484641noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94917583229577258.post-20037749116561021482013-04-11T12:39:11.057-04:002013-04-11T12:39:11.057-04:00I have to respectfully disagree with your assessme...I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment, Thierry. I see heros around us every day. They may be simple everyday people just muddling through each day, but does that make their behavior any less heroic? <br /><br />I think of people like my mother, who when times were tough after my father left, ate every other day so that there would be enough food for her children.<br /><br />Or my Aunt, crazy that she may be, who has fought every day of her life, and even went to jail a few times, for civil rights, an end to nuclear war, an end to illegal wars, universal healthcare, to name a few.<br /><br />The undocumented immigrant who braved the hot desert, jail, deportation, harrassment, etc to cross over into the US to work in inhuman conditions because they wanted a better life for themselves and their children.<br /><br />Or my grandmother who took care of everyone around her. She cared for children nobody else wanted to bother with, mentally handicapped, blind, deaf, physically disabled. She never complained. Never said a bad word about anyone. She made everyone of her 32 grandchildren feel as if they had a special place in her heart, and they probably did.<br /><br />The children living in poverty who brave crime, drug dealers, abusive home lives and somehow manage to go to school every day and dream that one day things will be different.<br /><br />A friend of mine who teaches in an inner-city schools, despite having better job offers, because she wants to offer hope to these children.<br /><br />These people are not always held up as inspirational, and they are often reviled as the cause of all of our problems, but they are heroes to me. <br /><br />I think they are all made of stronger, sturdier stuff than I am. They may be ordinary, unremarkable people. Their acts may be commonplace and simple. They may not stand tall and may never achieve greatness. But I admire them all. <br /><br />I whine and complain. I'm self-involved. And I'm never satisfied. But I do recognize that there are people around me that I admire and aspire to emulate, who may not fit the classic definition of a hero, but who do heroic things every day.<br /><br />How do we find the heroes we need, you ask? Look around. Really see people. Change your definition hero and you may be surprised by what you see.<br /><br />Colleen :)<br />Colleen Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483066929064871477noreply@blogger.com