The United States needs a reordering of its hero worship. Athletes and celebrities have proven themselves unfit, for the most part. In addition, it builds unrealistic expectations in vulnerable youth who believe they can be the next great hit.
Real heroes are everyday citizens who are honest, helpful and responsible. They include the mother of four who runs an interfaith center for food and clothing and who, with volunteers, have kept it running throughout this pandemic. It includes the school custodian who gave up his dream of being a mariachi player to be a husband and father to four kids who all have advanced degrees. It includes the men and women who have opened their homes to foster kids, ageing relatives and struggling families. It includes religious leaders who have pushed the gospel and morality over the zeitgeist of materialism and immorality. It includes preachers who tell their black congregations that its the lack of fathers and the use of drugs and alcohol who most hurt their own people. It is the people who believe others will most likely strive to improve the country if they know its strengths and potentials instead of its failures. It is so many more who live and appeal to the best in others, not the worst.
Real heroes are everyday citizens who are honest, helpful and responsible. They include the mother of four who runs an interfaith center for food and clothing and who, with volunteers, have kept it running throughout this pandemic. It includes the school custodian who gave up his dream of being a mariachi player to be a husband and father to four kids who all have advanced degrees. It includes the men and women who have opened their homes to foster kids, ageing relatives and struggling families. It includes religious leaders who have pushed the gospel and morality over the zeitgeist of materialism and immorality. It includes preachers who tell their black congregations that its the lack of fathers and the use of drugs and alcohol who most hurt their own people. It is the people who believe others will most likely strive to improve the country if they know its strengths and potentials instead of its failures. It is so many more who live and appeal to the best in others, not the worst.
This is the message America's youth needs to hear. Thank you.