We Need a Hero

As I sit back & watch the increasing chaos surrounding us, it would appear that we as a Country spend more time waiting for a hero to fix all of our problems rather than taking a chance on our own ingenuity. What is a hero? I can give you the dictionary definition which includes admiration for work well done or a person that becomes a beacon of hope.
I have been thinking about this & realized that as far as the dictionary definition, many people could be considered hero's but as far as the world sees hero's, they are two different things.

A hero for today's world has some of the same qualities as the standard definition but today's hero also must promise hope for a new way of life regardless of the outcome, be a great athlete, make a lot of money, be famous, promise you more even if others suffer & fight for your rights by saying what you want to hear for a price. This type of hero bothers me because it sheds light on who we really are & how lazy we are as a people. We want more, we will give less, we complain more, we want our problems to go away by having somebody else do the work.
What is a hero? A hero is what you want them to be, a hope in somebody you feel greater than you, a person of great accomplishment that gives you hope of having the same success as them, a person that fights with no hesitation for others regardless of their own well being & I think ultimately, a hero gives us hope & lets us know that we can be great while never being alone.
Regardless of what you believe, if you find comfort in the future & mankind through another, they are a hero & it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about it. Our hero's are for us as individuals & nobody can tell us who our hero's should be because only we can decide that.
As for me, a hero is any great humanitarian that sacrifices for others, a person that does great things in the sight of fear, a person that gives me hope in a better way of life by the example they set & the confidence the have. A masterpiece of work whether in art, music or dance is admired but I wouldn't call a master of trade, my hero although I will be in awe of their greatness & probably humbled by the flawless beauty.
A sports hero is fine but what makes a sports hero? To me a sports hero needs to be great in the presence of stress & hardship. Brett Favre could be such a hero as with 8 seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter throws a 45 yard pass in the end zone to win the game while the reception was great in its own right, Brett Favre has played great, played poorly, retired & come back for "love of the game". He is criticized by many but when the game was on the line & nobody expected him to do it, he became great in light of fear. He & others can on a daily basis show signs of heroic effort but a heroic effort is only heroic if it makes us better for being part of it. Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kurt Gibson, Mary Lou Retton & many others have given us heroic moments along with countless others but a heroic moment if not shared or felt by others is simply a great moment.
My hero's will always put others first while being considerate of everyone as they make great effort to help mankind or on a battle field risk their life to help others & keep me free. or a person that puts fear out of their mind to help their team or themselves do something great & live their life in a manner that shows respect for everyone.
Throwing a touchdown pass is great, hitting a home run to win the game is great but great feats don't make great hero's unless the heroic effort was done with humility & respect for others or unless the person can be looked up to as a role model both on the field or court & in their personal life.
When we make fame our hero we are destined to fail because we are all great at something & are capable of doing something great in our lives but fame itself is not heroic. Power & fame don't make the man but the man makes him self by what he or she does in their life & the success of ones life is determined by those that were made better because of their existence so be careful of the people you call hero's because in fact, they may just be bad people that have done something great or famous people that care only for themselves.