Heroes…

In the spirit of 4th of July and America's celebration of not only freedom, but of the men and woman who have fought, died and continue to devoted their lives to freedom. I wanted to write about heroes, as I feel its a word often said, but also all too often forgotten. Heroes walk among us every day, often they are treated as such for a moment and quickly they fade away, their struggles and sacrifices unnoticed, but heroes they remain.

While I want us not to forget those who serve to protect in the armed forces around the world, and treat each and everyone as a hero. One does not have to be a hero on the battlefield to be a hero, one does not have to be a soldier, or freedom fighter to be an inspiration and hero to a child. To be a hero is to be strong and stand for what you believe in and fight for what is right. You do not have to be the hero of a nation, but a hero to just one person. You can be a hero to your child, to your family, to your community, to the nation…stand for what you believe in, stand strong.

Everyday I am surrounded by soldiers and civilians alike who both fight against injustice, many only wielding a pen, others speak with voices of determination, and all are heroes. All are everyday average people who do not fall to greed, who see the privileges for which they hold in their hands everyday.

We are all given the ability to see right from wrong, but many of us turn a blind eye to that which does not affect us. And as each day dawns many of us do the right thing, we live in peace and harm no one, sometimes lending a helping hand. However there is more to being a hero than knowing what is right and doing it, being a hero is putting all others before yourself, putting your life in the hands of fate so others do not have to.

Heroes more often than not do not know they are heroes, but they are always there in the shadows! There are everyday heroes that walk among us, there are heroes who fight in distant lands, and there are heroes who have yet to take there call. It is all of these heroes that the children of the world look up to everyday. It is on the backs of all of these heroes that freedom and justice is found!