Yeah! Everyone loves a hero! Whether it’s Superman or your sister, a hero is a pretty inspiring force, and one that you can rely on to make you feel good about things.
Who’s Your Hero?
Alfred Russell Wallace, my hero
I have a few heroes, but the one that stands out the most is Alfred Russell Wallace. As Wikipedia says of him,
His observations of the marked zoological differences across a narrow strait in the [Indonesian] archipelago led to his proposing the zoogeographical boundary now known as the Wallace line.
This brief statement barely hints at the passion, the enormous amount of work, and the depth of logical and imaginative thinking that lead Wallace to identify the fact that the strait between the islands of Bali and Lombok marked a place where two tectonic plates meet, in the 1850s and ’60s, some fifty years before the theory of plate tectonics would be developed.
But that’s not all. Wallace “is best known for independently proposing a theory of evolution due to natural selection that prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own theory”, so to me, he’s a bit of an underdog, too.
Apart from the romance of his story, the thing that makes Wallace my hero is that he used his unique powers of observation and consideration to deduce from his environment something which had previously been unimaginable. His work amazes and inspires me.
…but who are your heroes? Tell us about them!
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When my grandpa passed in Dec 201, my mom asked me to write something for the funeral. It was easy because I wrote about something that had actually occurred in my life.
A teacher once asked me
to look at the people in my life
“Look at their actions,
Listen to their words,
Reflect on their lives.”
I looked at the people,
I watched what they did.
I heard what they said.
I pondered who they were.
Then the teacher asked me a question,
one meant to make me think.
“Who is your hero?
He could be a friend or
she could be a relative or
perhaps a teacher, mentor, or guide.”
I thought for a minute,
and knew my answer at once…
“My grandpa is my hero.
I can even tell you why:
His hands are strong yet gentle.
His heart is large but fragilie.
His words are true and honest.
To me, he’s one of a kind.”
Thank you, Grandpa, for being my hero….
yesterday, today, and forever.
-DCHale
@DCHale – I had to comment because I was also close to my grandfather (he died a few years back) and last year I came across this quote from Fahrenheit 451 that hit me hard:
“When I was a boy my grandfather died, and he was a sculptor. He was also a very kind man who had a lot of love to give the world, and he helped clean up the slum in our town; and he made toys for us and he did a million things in his lifetime; he was always busy with his hands. And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn’t crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again, he would never carve another piece of wood or help us raise doves and pigeons in the back yard or play the violin the way he did, or tell us jokes the way he did. He was part of us and when he died, all the actions stopped dead and there was no one to do them just the way he did. He was individual. He was an important man.”
Very good. If I follow your words, my her is Mahatma Gandhi and martin Luther King.
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of my most inspiring hero’s, along with my father, Lenon Honor, and a friend named Jonathan.
Thanks for sharing this, we all have our own hero’s who inspire us 🙂
As heroes go, I’ve never given it much thought.
Still, were I to choose someone who inspired me and whom I respected greatly, it’d have to be my good friend and soul-sister, Lucy Cavendish. (http://www.blueangelonline.com/lucy_cavendish.htm)
I’ve known her for a handful of years now and have found her to be the most genuine, caring and inspired person I know. She gives me hope that life can be lived in truth and that you definitely can have fun along the way.
Thanks for asking this Georgina – it’s nice to share our inspiration. I’ll now be looking Alfred up more and letting a couple of friends know about him since they’re “into Darwin”.
My hero is Steve Pavlina. He’s authentic, has an awesome mission in life and eagerly plows through his fears in public view.
I can definitely say he’s a big to-do in my own personal development.
My hero is Ghandi because he was fighting for the peace…
I have heroes for various areas of my life. My brother, Thomas Blackwell, M.D., has encouraged me in my medical writing articles, which can sound very technical and boring at times.
Father Pat and Tony Evans are my spiritual heroes.
My children heroically light up my life in the darkest times.
But, even though it may sound trite to some, my overall hero is undoubtedly my husband. He supports me in all my endeavors when no one else does and truly believes me. He renews the promises of life for me again and again. His loyalty and abject friendship make me feel unworthy even though he would hate to hear me say that. He is my rock, my lover, my counselor, my leader, my Gladiator!
Pablo Picasso – for working almost around the clock on his art from his teens to the great age of 91.
Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are my Heros because they lived for others.
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