Heroes

Heroes come and go.

We've all had heroes in our lives at one time or another.

I grew up in a world where folks (that's what we call people in Texas) watched their heroes in movies at the Granada Theater. Heroes like John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Audie Murphy (real-life hero - just Google him), James Bond, Mickey Mouse (yes, MM), Chief Brady (JAWS) and more.

Or we had sports icons who made spectacular plays like Mickey Mantle, Pete Rose (read previous blog on baseball), Willie Mays, Dr. J, Franco Harris and Roger Staubach. Some call these athletes heroes but they are not in my opinion...just talented and skillful athletes playing their sport and getting paid for doing it.

On TV, we had Roy Rogers, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, MM, Captain America, Batman, Road Runner (he always won)...I could go on and on. Some make believe, some not...

Some say there are no more heroes in the world.

I disagree.

There are every day heroes...we just have to look for them.

My personal heroes include: my dear friend Tim Moore (not saying but he is), my kids (not saying why - but you could imagine),  dad, granddad, Laton (for fighting his cancer), Granny Ruby (because of her kitchen skills)...well, I have a plethora of them.

Some say that heroes can only become one during wartime (just see Andy Rooney's video on the subject on YouTube).  He explains that they become a hero by putting themselves in harms way.

I agree to a point but a hero can become one by starting a non-profit organization when you are a middle schooler, working at a food-bank every, serving meals with Meals-on-Wheels, building a house in a foreign country, providing medical care in a Third World country and more.

Heroes are actually ordinary people that do extraordinary things.

Seems simple...

Can you be a hero?

I hope so...