What is a hero?

Exhaustion has set in, but nothing can keep me from writing. :)

A few days ago, I sat across from the person who inspired me to become a teacher with my head in my hands confessing that I didn't feel as though I was doing what I was supposed to. I told her that I was supposed to make an impact on a large scale, and, at the moment, I didn't even think I was doing it in my own classroom. I felt that I was not fulfilling my purpose. I picked my head up and looked across at my mentor turned friend and thought about all that she was to me, and it was then I realized that true heroes don't necessarily have to change the world. Heroes can simply change one person.

My life has been changed by a few people who would classify themselves as ordinary people, but to me they are anything but. They make every aspect of life seem better. They somehow can solve every life crisis and help me clear up confusion. They support my every venture and calm every worry. They show me every single day what being a strong, intelligent, hardworking, caring, and inspirational person means. They are everything great compacted into just one being. They are everything I hope one day of becoming.

A hero doesn't have to be famous. In fact, a hero doesn't want to be famous. After picking up my head and looking at the lady I've looked up to for the past ten years, I saw a true hero. I knew at that moment that I needed to calm down and put everything into perspective. Yes, it is my dream to change the world, and I am going to go after it with everything I have, but there is nothing wrong with impacting a few people in my small town either. An impact is an impact, no matter where and on what scale. When I think of how I was changed by those closest to me, it would be enough to be half of that to someone else.

Go do good things,

BT