Heroes
I saw The Dark Night on Saturday. Watching Batman go around thrashing people, saving the day, and doing so without any political gain got me thinking: who are the real life heroes we look to in our own reality? Sure, the most popular answers are our parents, church leaders, maybe some of our friends. But who can we all look to together for inspiration and hope? I've often felt that Winston Churchill was one of the last political heroes. I actually do not feel any of our political leaders today are really heroes. Barrack talks a big game but I don't believe in him yet. There are very few athletes who can be considered heroes. Most of them are self-centered. Oscar Pistorius is one of my heroes. Beating the tar out of people without real legs is really inspiring. I think that if we don't see the kinds of heroes we'd like to see around us, we need to work harder on becoming those figures ourselves. Who are your heroes?
