maleficent

A hero is someone who does something to benefit someone else (or the greater good) when everything in you is telling you to get the hell out of there.

ie I don't know his name, i don't know whatever became of him, but the young man who stood in front of the tank in Tianemen Square in China years ago...

but if he's still alive, he'd probably tell you he was just doing what he thought to be the right thing. Most heroic people don't beleive that what they do is the least bit heroic.

Personal Example: A friends teenage son, who recently graduated from high school, referred to me in his graduation speech as one of his personal heros. Touching, but inaccurate. Why'd he believe this to be true? i don't race into burning buildings, I don't go to the moon. When he was in 2nd grade, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Bone marrow donor was his only hope. Lucky me, i was a perfect match. So, I did what I had to do... He felt that because I saved his life I was a hero. I didn't quite save his life, researchers, doctors and technology saved his life, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time...

What a hero is, I beleive is totally dependent on the person and how that person has affected their existence.

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