Be Your Own Hero
Being a hero means you are able to stand against the wind and you are able to weather the storm, no matter how hard or long it may rain.
A hero is a person admired or idealized for their acts of courage, a person exhibiting outstanding achievements beyond the ordinary. In order to achieve a goal of rising above the ordinary you have to become your own hero. Being a hero means you are able to stand against the wind and you are able to weather the storm, no matter how hard or long it may rain.
Usually being a hero is associated with a man saving children, putting out a fire as a fireman or men losing their lives as a cost of war. These are all acts of courage, but males are not the only human beings who can rise above the ordinary to do heroic acts.
A hero, or a person who completes heroic acts, can be a seemingly ordinary person, but a person of courage and will.
When I was recruiting students for the University of Irvine, California, I remember going to predominantly black high school in Compton, California. I was ushered in by a security guard to go to a back room of the library to meet five high achieving black students. These students had the passion, the integrity and the courage to rise…
