Heroism isn’t a glorious act. Heroes don’t get spotlights shone upon them. They don’t have songs sung about them. They normally are unsung. When sung, it’s for the cause not for the self. Everything from image to ruin are elaborate parts of their story. Their cause is so beyond them that anything and everything is compromise-able including themselves.
Heroism isn’t an act that is done once. It’s an repetitive act done over and over and over. Day in and day out. No holds barred. The repetitiveness of the act are done so frequently that it’s habit. Heroism isn’t an act but a way of being. A way of life. No buckling, bending or breaking permitted. Mind surpasses matter so tremendously that those around them refer to them as “not normal” or “not human.” The truth is that the person is very human who have embraced a purpose in life so much greater than him/herself to where the term “mind over matter” has been coined and, at times, doesn’t seem to do justice to those people who truly live it.
Heroism is not for everyone. People have different thresholds and different goals. Some people will prefer sleep over all else. Some people will prefer the lay back and go merry-making with their friends over drinks and music. Others will find solace in their 9-to-5 job and complain that even those hours are too much for them to handle. There’s no wrong with such people. Greatness isn't a path cut for everyone. To each his own and this writing is focused on those who do believe in foregoing sleep, food, kick-backs and complaining. The world is willing to submit itself fully and wholeheartedly to he who can forego all these things and tough it out till it does. The mind-numbing persistence displayed by such people is what changes the world. It is what pushes the world to an evolution in consciousness in its own way or another. They are those who aren’t willing to bend to anything to leave a mark on this world for the better when they leave even when they won’t live to see that change take place and enjoy the fruit of such labors.
That is heroism.
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