The basic idea of being a Hero is the concept of being useful. Bottom line, every person that gets labeled a hero is someone who was useful to someone else. "Heroic Doctor saves child with disease", "Soldier saves 20 refugees against Terrorists", or "You saved the banquet by driving to pick up the cake, You're a Hero." No matter how simple it is, being useful is paramount to heroism.
I train & teach Parkour & Freerunning. One of the "tenets" of Parkour that drew me to the discipline is the idea of "becoming useful". Don't just do Parkour cause it's fun to run up walls. Don't just Freerun because you like flipping over stuff. Don't just work out so you can look ripped. Use your strength to help others, train your abilities so that if the situation ever comes up, you can save someone's life. This idea still effects how I train today.
Most comic book heroes are useful because they're knocking villain heads & saving kitties out of trees. Most likely, none of us will ever exact vigilante justice on the wicked & most of us can't fly (to save the cat) either. But we can all get a lot more useful. Being useful should be one standard we judge the everyday Hero by.
David Wong wrote this inspiring idea a lot better than I have in his Cracked.com article:
Read it now. Right now.
I'm serious.
I don't usually do New Years Resolutions. I think they are stupid. If you have something about your life that you need to change, change it. Don't wait for the magically N.Y.E. resolution time to do it, Just Do It! This however, is something I can get behind! To a brighter future for us all!
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