I think of heroes as being just as flawed as us, but not giving quitting when exhausted and afraid, It's kind of encouraging that with training and time we could all improve to exceed our own expectations - maybe even some becoming heroes too.
I remember looking at a castle wall in my husband's town 3 meters thick all made by hand... Peop…
I think of heroes as being just as flawed as us, but not giving quitting when exhausted and afraid, It's kind of encouraging that with training and time we could all improve to exceed our own expectations - maybe even some becoming heroes too.
I remember looking at a castle wall in my husband's town 3 meters thick all made by hand... People really underestimate what they can do and achieve together, and very rarely have a chance to see their true potential! Every one of us can be so much more.
Me, too. I think the true beauty of heroism - and why humanity across most cultures is fascinated by it - is that ordinary, flawed & weak people are capable of such great things. I collect stories of heroes like "The Man In That Water" - an Essay by Roger Rosenblatt for Time magazine.
Looking at American History and its social struggles - often bloody & devastating - I think of NASA's Apollo 13 mission, in which an oxygen tank blew and thwarted the Mission and jeopardized the Astronauts' lives Many see that event as a horrible embarrassment for NASA - but many engineers and astronauts call it "One of NASA's finest hours ." (BTW: the Hollywood movie does not do it justice)
The USA was 'born' into a world with slavery, racism, classism & xenophobia and hence had these "original sins" from the beginning. You cannot judge a baby by the circumstances of its birth - but you can tell a lot about a young person's character by how they respond to the discovery of great wrongs - especially those in which it is complicit. The USA almost destroyed itself in a devastating war to resolve an intractable problem: how can a nation founded on liberty allow slavery? (Certainly there is much more to the Civil War than that, but in the end, 1 Union soldier died for every 10 slaves that were freed - a high price in anyone's book). How many nations in history have almost torn themselves apart to resolve such a moral dilemma? That is not the sole example: there are many examples of America realizing that it is not 'living up to' its ideals correcting course - even if that correction comes with great pain.
Winston Churchill said:
"You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everything else."
What more can you ask of a bunch of flawed humans? (And these critics with their oafish way of addressing social injustice are an obstacle to improving without much pain!)
I think of heroes as being just as flawed as us, but not giving quitting when exhausted and afraid, It's kind of encouraging that with training and time we could all improve to exceed our own expectations - maybe even some becoming heroes too.
I remember looking at a castle wall in my husband's town 3 meters thick all made by hand... People really underestimate what they can do and achieve together, and very rarely have a chance to see their true potential! Every one of us can be so much more.
Me, too. I think the true beauty of heroism - and why humanity across most cultures is fascinated by it - is that ordinary, flawed & weak people are capable of such great things. I collect stories of heroes like "The Man In That Water" - an Essay by Roger Rosenblatt for Time magazine.
Looking at American History and its social struggles - often bloody & devastating - I think of NASA's Apollo 13 mission, in which an oxygen tank blew and thwarted the Mission and jeopardized the Astronauts' lives Many see that event as a horrible embarrassment for NASA - but many engineers and astronauts call it "One of NASA's finest hours ." (BTW: the Hollywood movie does not do it justice)
The USA was 'born' into a world with slavery, racism, classism & xenophobia and hence had these "original sins" from the beginning. You cannot judge a baby by the circumstances of its birth - but you can tell a lot about a young person's character by how they respond to the discovery of great wrongs - especially those in which it is complicit. The USA almost destroyed itself in a devastating war to resolve an intractable problem: how can a nation founded on liberty allow slavery? (Certainly there is much more to the Civil War than that, but in the end, 1 Union soldier died for every 10 slaves that were freed - a high price in anyone's book). How many nations in history have almost torn themselves apart to resolve such a moral dilemma? That is not the sole example: there are many examples of America realizing that it is not 'living up to' its ideals correcting course - even if that correction comes with great pain.
Winston Churchill said:
"You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everything else."
What more can you ask of a bunch of flawed humans? (And these critics with their oafish way of addressing social injustice are an obstacle to improving without much pain!)