The Hero in all of us

Back at the end of March I wrote the blog; ‘One persons perspiration is another’s inspiration’ – one of my personal favourites…(http://wp.me/pLHLC-3k). I made reference to the people who make a difference with their lives and how you can draw inspiration from them.

Well I experienced a bucket full of inspiration last Thursday at the Chester Dee 106.3′s Local Hero Awards 2010. Good friend and local business woman, Tracey Thomas (from Thisladyloves.com) invited myself and several others to join her for this celebratory evening.

Tracey had sponsored the ‘Parent of the year’ Award and the worthy winner is a lady called Jane Finlay. Her child was born at 24 weeks and has spent the majority of time since November in hospital. The child has had several operations on its bowel and has only 25% of their bowel left. Jane was under the impression that she was one of the nominations and had no idea that she had won the award. In Jane’s eyes she hadn’t done anything special!

Other winners collected awards for Child of courage, Carer, Teacher, Business and Young achiever of the year. One of the highlights for me was the Volunteer Award; given to Diane Piercy from Blacon Community Trust. I’ve got to know Diane quite well over the last few months and it was lovely to see her son, Chris, pick up the award for her. This award recognises those that work selflessly in their community and Diane certainly does this.

I came away inspired and it set me thinking; what makes somebody or someone a HERO?

Wikipedia says that a hero or indeed heroine is someone who, in the face of adversity, displays courage and self-sacrifice for some greater good of humanity.

Every one of us has the ability to be a hero, and what brings it out is when someone else’s needs are greater than yours. It’s not what you do that makes you the hero, it’s the effect you can have on someone else’s life for the better. Jane didn’t think she was a hero, but those around her saw much more.

Our good friend Jan never thinks of herself as a hero – but to many of us she always will be, because of the way she puts others needs first. And in her words;

“we can all become heroes just by doing some small special deeds”

Being a hero is not about getting a pat on the back or recognition, it’s purely and simply about making a difference to someone else.

Go and be a hero this week, do something for someone else that you wouldn’t normally have done, and watch their face. It will give you that special warm fuzzy feeling inside and it’s guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face for the rest of the day!

Have a super week and share your comments and feedback on the little things that make people a hero

Regards

Jeff

http://www.riseandshinetoday.co.uk