posted on July 13, 2000 07:01:59 PM new
I'm still thinking. I know there are real heroes out there.
I'll get back to you when I figure who they are.But they proably won't live in Hollywood.
posted on July 13, 2000 07:13:30 PM new
Ninan is my hero. She gives me inspiration and hope. Just seeing her posts inspire me. I shall never forget the Jolly Toe.
OAUA member. Interested? http://www.auctionusers.org
posted on July 13, 2000 09:40:24 PM new
I have met so many true heroes in my life. From the concerned teacher who gives that extra hour to the struggling student—to the 12 year old who spends two hours a week reading to folks in the nursing home. In my eyes a hero simply means someone to look up to and have reason to desire to emulate in making the world a better place.
In a world of heroes I am fortunate to be married to a man who believes that he is here to serve others and who gives selflessly and endlessly of himself. When we met at 16 he was a volunteer firefighter — It's 27 years later and he has spent every single day serving in a volunteer capacity of some kind. Amazing to me. Of course, he doesn’t see himself as at all special — but, I do.
He puts forth a convincing persona to most. The macho man. If you ask him if the things he sees bother him — he’ll bristle — a little indignantly and insist that he has developed the ability to separate himself from what he sees — it’s just a job. I suspect that that is true on some level, but I'm sure it's also something that he has had to convince himself of — in order to keep going.
There are hundreds of thousands of Emergency Responders serving in a multitude of capacities, paid and volunteer, working quietly in our communities every day — and seeing the things that no person should have to see. They rarely talk about it and they usually don’t make the front page.
If you’re looking for a hero I would look first to the Police Officers who put their lives on the line daily. Think about the Firefighter who tries in vein to reach the child he knows is trapped inside a burning building — think of the Searcher who finds the body of a young child battered beyond recognition and dumped like yesterday’s trash — Watch just one person die in your arms because you were too late to save them and know that you will be the one advising the family of their loved ones death — and then, watch them die a little when you do.
I once asked my husband why he continues to put himself through such things — His answer and most likely the answer of many — ”because this is what I believe God wants me to do and because somebody has to.”
We truly don’t have to look very far to find our heroes. I believe some of them even spend time with us here on the Round Table. Of course, if they’re like my husband is, they’ll be the last to recognize themselves.
posted on July 14, 2000 04:46:48 PM new
I read about a hero the other day in a Reader's Digest, about a man who built homes for the homeless in a poverty stricken town. Having grown up poor, he wanted to help those less fortunate than him.... I know that there are many more hero's like him. My sister is a heroine to me... she's always there to listen to me when I need to cry or laugh, and that's not always an easy job. I can think of lot's of hero's in my everyday life - and they're not always in a job that puts their life on the line, they're just helping where they can!
posted on July 25, 2000 08:16:06 PM new
I have never seen a wombat before. Does that count for my learning something new everyday.
I've now been educated.
posted on July 25, 2000 08:25:19 PM new
It surely does, tegan. You might also like to know that Wombats are an endangered species. They keep deleted posts and threads in their pouches. I think this one is a Northern Hairy-Nosed version, which means he's especially good at moderation.
