Who are your heroes?
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September 10th, 2009
My personal heroes are everyday people- especially educators and social workers. It seems that many of the heroic figures of history were just normal people who were put into extraordinary situations and faired well.
So do you have any heroes?
What are the requirements for someone to be considered a hero?
Do you think the men and women in the armed forces should be considered heroes?
Any more banter on this topic welcome.
And no, this has nothing to do with the show :P
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People who do heroic things.
My hero would be stacked high with pastrami, swiss cheese, some mustard and a crunchy pickle.
Cold beer is optional.
People who overcome great odds while remaining capable of smiles and laughter, and showing courage and perseverance. Two I can think of right now include Dawrin and cak.
Thoreau, King, Tolstoy, Gandhi. http://thoreau.eserver.org/ is a really good website. I recently read “Life Without Principle” again…always a good read.
I see no value in the idea of heroes. No one is perfect. We are all human. I admire many people, but I do not have heroes.
My heroes as a child were Superman, Hulk Hogan and Michael Jackson. The first died (at the hands of Doomsday AND due to complications from falling off a horse). The second was defeated by Yokozuna and then got divorced. The third died because of a drug habit and negligence by his personal doctor.
As far as I can tell, my childhood is over.
Interestingly, this answer works for two different questions active on Fluther right now: http://www.fluther.com/disc/55075/when-did-you-officially-feel-like-a-grownup/
I admire those who live life with terminal illness, with extreme disability, with extremely unfortunate circumstances and still smile and laugh and enjoy life.
@tinyfaery
I respect your position and obviously I realize that no one is perfect but I believe some people have done (and continue to do) things which can serve as an example to others.
As a contrast, many people have done (and continue to do things) which serve as an example of what not to do.
The way in which an individual classifies people into these two groups is, of course, relative and dependent upon their view point. Hero was just my arbitrary term for an exceptional individual belonging to the first of these two categories.
I don’t agree, but I don’t have to. An exception in one case is the rule in another.
My sister,
All my friends,
Batman and spiderman,
Firefighterzz! :D
my parents, my grandparents, my daughter, a coworker…
My dad
John Lennon
Mahatma Gandhi
Chuck Yeager
John F. Kennedy
Cary Grant
Charles Chaplin
Looking at the list, with the exception of Kennedy, they were all born in extreme poverty.
Good role models for me are Milo and Eleanor Roosevelt.
People who make cookies. The world needs more cookies.
My Grandpa
The Grandmother of an ex
One of my exes
A dead brother-in-law
My first boss
@ChazMaz, props for the crunchy pickle!
But seriously, my heroes are the teachers who make me think or teach me something that I couldn’t learn before.
My most favorite teacher was someone I had during HS who taught us (the class) what great literature was, how to evaluate it, how to differentiate between fiction and literature…and she showed both Dead Poet’s Society and Harold and Maude. She was also the first teacher to mention Ayn Rand, which was great because it was something different.
Also, I will always look up to her for introducing me to the love that is J. Alfred Prufrock and Eliot.
And Batman, of course.
Ozzie Smith former St. Loius Cardinal shortstop and Hall of Famer. MeeMaw Shaffer R.I.P.
My hero is that one whos save me from the darkness./////that could be,Milos,my friends,my brother and the last one is Unkas
These people helped release me from pain, and or provided me pleasure, increased my interest in life, made it better, directly or indirectly, and I am grateful for their contribution. This is a limited list of heros:
Joe Dimagio, Hank Aaron, Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer, Galileo Galilei, Thomas Edison, Jim Morrison, Jack Kerouac, Duane Almond, Jimmie Hendrix, G.I. Gurdjieff, Swami Rama, Dr. Arja, Swami Ajaya, P. D. Ouspensky, Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Duval, my dad, mom, grandfather(s), uncle and many others…
Jesus.
Heck, everyone else has flaws. So, if you ever look up to someone as a hero, they will eventually let you down because they are only human.
& To me a hero isn’t someone that would let you down.
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