It’s reinforced with every Marvel movie that heroes put on a mask, wear a cape and do some extraordinary act of courage. But that isn’t what makes someone a hero.
Few would put Jonas Salk or Johannes Guttenburg or Jacqueline Novogratz in this hero category yet there is no doubt they have made the world a much better place through their sacrifices.
What makes someone a hero is the legend that grows around someone’s story. It’s built on fantasy, illusion, and entertainment of someone we wish we could be–popular and important. We prop them up on a pedestal and memorialize them. With time, the legend grows…
Columbus was taught to me as a child that he was a hero for discovering the Americas. So much so, that we still celebrate this achievement with a holiday. Of course, he didn’t discover the Americas and now we know he enslaved and wiped out thousands of indigenous people. But the legend still grew…
Hollywood has skewed our view of what it means to be a hero. Heroes are made of the same stuff as you and me. No one is either an angel or a devil. Inside we are human and have a bit of both in us. Which story we tell, decides what category we put someone in.
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