Heros

Returning from Kansas, I listened to a Christian book - "Extraordinary: The Life you were meant to Live" and it mentioned that in the top 25 movies of all time - 70% are about Heros (and the % is about the same for the top 50).We love stories about Heros - Ordinary people who do extraordinary things (my definition of a hero).

Then there is the category of Super Heros (like the TV series Heros) - people who have supernatural powers. But are they really Heros since they already have the power? - for them, the use of the power is not extraordinary - only extraordinary to us. In fact there are "good" Super Heros and "bad" - Evil Super Heros (maybe that is an oxymoron and they are technically Super Villains).

The Medal of Honor was just given out (3,449 recipients since 1861 ) to a living soldier (also rare) as a symbol of military heroism. Defender, Brave, Valor, Good, Moral Excellence, Self-sacrificing are words we connect to the word Hero.

Who is your Hero/Heroine?