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To find out about the programs of The Hero Construction Company, click here.This is a guest post from Ari Kohen, assistant professor at University of Nebraska – Lincoln. I met him through Twitter a long time ago after he was discussing heroism. He is currently working on a book-length project, The Moral Hero and the Mortal Hero, as well as articles on both restorative justice and the death penalty. You can read his bio here and his blog here.
In my new book project, I make the argument that the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates is meant to stand as an example of heroism on par with more traditional heroes like Achilles and Odysseus from Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
And yet, in so many ways, Socrates seems to be the central figure in a cautionary tale that fathers might present to their sons: he is often chastised for speaking about nonsense, debating in an inane manner, and being ironic. Even more obviously, he is put on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens and is eventually executed by his fellow citizens. Given these critiques, what about him might be seen as heroic or worthy of emulation?
In a paper to be published next year in Polis, I put forward an answer to this question through an exploration of the three Platonic dialogues that deal with Socrates’ trial and execution. First, Socrates attempts a defense designed to vindicate the philosophic way of life. In this, he seems to be successful, as Socrates is today highly regarded for his description of the good life and for his unwillingness to live any other sort of life, a position that is most obviously exemplified by his defense in the Apology. After his sentencing, Socrates’ arguments and actions – in the Crito and the Phaedo – also lend considerable support to the idea that the philosopher is committed to living a particularly good sort of life. While the sequence of dialogues that culminate in Socrates’ execution might seem to be the most obviously critical of the life of the philosopher, I want to argue that these dialogues actually serve to enshrine the character of Socrates as the quintessential moral hero.
Plato manages to turn the ignoble death of his mentor into a virtuous triumph for two reasons: first, he suggests that Socrates has an intimate understanding – perhaps even an appreciation – of his mortality and actively chooses to die. Second and relatedly, he demonstrates that – in choosing to give up his life – Socrates sacrifices himself for those with whom he identifies, both his friends and even the Athenians at large who seem to be his enemies. He explains his decision to several of his students in ways that set an example of proper decision-making and also encourage them to continue to see the life of the philosopher as choice-worthy. In so depicting Socrates’ trial and execution, Plato establishes his mentor as a moral hero who gives up his life to benefit others and who demonstrates that the kind of life one lives – rather than its duration – is of primary importance.
While a great many people would view Socrates’ endless questions as annoying rather than caring – and certainly most of the Athenians did – it is clear that he sees a direct connection between annoyance and care. In questioning his fellow citizens about their beliefs and commitments, Socrates believes he’s doing a great good by showing them a more virtuous path than the one they are, perhaps unknowingly, walking. As he points out, throughout the Apology, he could lead a far more comfortable life if he desisted from these activities; however, in abandoning his questioning, he would be abandoning the Athenians to lives that are devoid of wisdom and virtue. That Socrates will not abstain from philosophizing – even when continuing to do so clearly means a death sentence – is a powerful statement about how important he believes philosophy to be, both for himself and also for the Athenians more generally. His inclusion of even his enemies into the circle of those with whom he identifies sets Socrates apart from the average citizen. It is this ability to personally identify with others, and to extend to even the enemy the sort of care that would normally be reserved for family or close friends, that makes his actions – dangerous though they were in his day – morally heroic and worthy of our emulation even today.
We need heroes-in-waiting around us more than ever. When a hero is needed are you going to do good, do bad, or do nothing? Or whip out your phone and post photos to Twitter?
After five weeks of working on this project, I continue to get stories from people about the good things that they have started doing. I have started to notice that there are some basic skills required to do good deeds for people every day. It is still an easy thing to do, but I feel like having a basic knowledge of some common things will help all the Heroes in Waiting out there.
I have complied the following list of the top ten things that would be helpful to you if you wanted to do a little good thing every day as well. If you have something that you would like to add to the list, please leave it in the comments section or email me at josh@theheroconstructioncompany.com.
10) Basic Conversation Skills -This is helpful for a couple of reasons. Sometimes the good deed you can do is to have a conversation with someone. Also, it can be helpful to talk to someone to find out what their needs are.
9) Know how to jump start a car - When Kit sent me the story of helping the woman in the parking lot jump her car, I realized that this is a common problem, especially in the cold months in Michigan. This is good to know for yourself, but also, for the others that you could help.
8) Leave five extra minutes – Most of the things that myself and others have been doing are deeds that take less than five minutes. I have also caught myself talking myself out of helping because I don’t have the time. To remedy that, I have started leaving for things about five minutes early, so that I can help and still be on time.
7) Take enjoyment in your actions – I think that one of the reasons that I have been able to keep this going every day is because I enjoy helping people, even in small ways. If you take joy in your actions, you will be more likely to continue them.
6) Know CPR and First Aid – I have not run in to a situation where these have been necessary, but the story from last week where Katie was required to do some basic First Aid to help someone reminded me to go get re-certified in these two lifesaving skills.
5) Suspend Judgment – This may be one of the hardest skills to master. Everyone will be in need of help at some time. Everyone is pre-disposed to judgement in some form of fashion. If you can suspend those and keep yourself open to the possibility of helping anyone, you will have a lot more opportunity to complete your good deeds.
4) Be creative – You need to be creative. I feel like if I fell into the habit of doing the same good deed over and over again, I would get burned out very quickly. One of the things that I have enjoyed about this is the wide range of things that I am able to do with just a little bit of thought.
3) Keep it simple – Most of the deeds that I do and the stories that have been sent to me are simple small things that people can do. The point is not to do huge acts or run into burning buildings, but small ones to prepare you to for when the big opportunities present themselves.
2) Keep track – There is an application for mobile phones that will simply keep track of how many days in a row you do something. The claim of these is that people are more likely to keep doing something if they have record. For example say I do something for 20 days in a row, then I skip a day. My inclination will be to want to try for 21 days in a row next time.
1) Observe your surroundings - I have posted about this idea before, but it is important to keep your head up and your senses open when you go out into the world. If you observe the world around you, you will notice the situations where people need you to do a little good deed for them.
There may be more things that are important, but these are the common things that I have noticed in the experiences I have had and the ones that have been shared with me. As always, you can follow my project on twitter @littlegoodthing and be sure to check out the video explaining the project on youtube.
Hello Little Good Things Readers. I am happy to say that this project is continuing to catch on. I have gotten a lot of stories about people doing their own little good things in order to improve the lives of the people around them. The following story comes from Katie in Minnesota:
This summer I fractured a bone in my foot and have been pretty inactive since. But about 2 weeks ago, I decided that it was time for me to start running again. Its been pretty cold here in Minnesota, so I thought it would be a good idea to run inside on a treadmill at the school’s rec center. When I arrived I found a treadmill, plugged some earphones into my Ipod, and began to run. As I was in “the zone” I was intensely listening to the words of the songs on my playlist. But then, I was surprised by a big boom that did not come from my Ipod. I looked around, and noticed that another girl, who had had the same running idea i had, had fallen off her treadmill. I waited a second, thinking she would immediately get up-probably embarrassed. But she didn’t get up. There was a wall just a couple of feet behind the treadmill, and she was almost pinned between the two. Her face was laying on the machine with the belt still rotating around. So I quickly jumped off mine and ran to shut her treadmill off. As she sat up, I asked her if she was okay and if she needed anything. She appeared to be okay with just a few scrapes. Stunned about what happened and really embarrassed, she kept asking me if her face was dirty. It was. So I ran to the bathroom and got some wet paper towel. She thanked me and hurriedly wiped her face. She immediately left feeling humiliated but not injured. Thank goodness she was okay! I went back to my treadmill and continued with my run. The sad part of this story is that my treadmill was about 6 machines down from hers, and that there were other people closer to her than I was. Nobody else even seemed to flinch when she went down. People just kept going, minding their own business.
I think that sometimes people get too wrapped up in what they’re doing to notice the needs of others. Hopefully this story will help people to open their eyes to the people around them.
I think that Katie is right when she says that people just get wrapped up in their own world. That is why, too often, people neglect to do something good for others. It is not because people are inherently evil, they just do nothing. Edmund Burke said, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good [people] to do nothing.” What he is talking about is the same indifference that Katie illustrates in her story.
Do not be indifferent. Stand up, take action, then share those stories with others. You can leave a post in the comments section, or email me your story at josh@theheroconstructioncompany.com. Also, remember to follow me twitter @littlegoodthing
The call to adventure arrives in many different ways. For William Kamkwamba that call to adventure came when his family could not afford the yearly tuition of about $80 at his secondary school in Malawi, Africa. William, who was fourteen at the time as therefore unable to attend school for that year.
Noticing that his village of Masitala was suffering greatly from the droughts that have affected Africa for years, William decided to take action. He traveled to a library where he found two text books with information on building a windmill. Using the pictures from the books as a guide, he went to work. He collected blue gum tree sticks, bicycle parts, and other items from a local scrap yard and for the cost of about $15, build a small windmill outside his home.
Using the energy from this windmill, William was able to power two light bulbs and a radio for his family of about twenty. In two months, William had created a windmill to give his home electricity. However, he did not stop there. He build a second and third windmill for his village. One provided enough power to charge batteries, so that the village could have power even when the wind was not blowing. The other provided power to a pump for the village well in order to provide drinking water.
William, now 21 years old, is planning more windmills for more villages across Malawi. He persevered through hardships and criticism to create something great. William has written a book about his experience and has toured across America and other countries to talk about his windmill and the problems in his country. He is a real action hero. He took action, that action was for other people, and that action involved risk and sacrifice.
I have great news. This project is catching on. This week I asked people to post the video on their Facebook page and it went from forty views on youtube to almost two hundred. It seems like people are embracing the idea. I even had someone send me a story of a good thing that they did. This comes from Kit:
I was getting out of Meijer and on the way to my car and a lady asked If I was busy. My initial reaction was to say yes, growing up in London this kind of question leads to be being berated about religion or something else. I took a second look around and saw that the car she was by had the hood up . I asked her how I could help, all she needed was to jump from my car, she had the jumper cables. It took maybe 2 minutes, if that, and she got home with her son safely (I hope). She was very appreciative and it definitely made me feel good and reminded me that if I was in that situation I would help someone could help me.
Kit said something that I think happens to most people. I think that people consider it “human nature” to avoid interactions with others. Kit said that his initial reaction when asked by this woman if he was busy was to say, “yes.” This would have ensured that he did not have to deal with the problem. Sometimes this is unavoidable, sometimes we really are in a hurry and do not have time. What Kit did was important, he assessed the situation and made a decision to sacrifice some of his time to help another person.
I was excited to read this because this is one of the major reasons that I started this whole thing. I want others to take a second, think about the people around them, and help out. With very little effort and just a bit of time, Kit may have changed the course of that woman’s day. Great work Kit, keep it up.
Remember that you can follow me on twitter @littlegoodthing. Also, check out the video and spread the word I would love it if I had a new story from another person to post every week. If you have a story you would like to share, leave it in the comments or email me at Josh@theheroconstructioncompany.com.
Today is National Blog Action Day. This is an event that happens every October 15. The hope of this day is to raise awareness about a single issue and discuss that issue on as many blogs as possible with the hope of stimulating world wide discussion. This year the theme is Climate Change, so we decided to look at an Environmental Action Hero.
Due to the recent “green movement” there were a lot of people doing a lot of things in order to improve the world around us. We chose Bill Weihl above these others for a few reasons. He does all of the things we want Real Actions Heroes to do and he is doing it as the leader of one of the largest most profitable companies in the world – Google.
Over the past few years, Google has grown into an empire. They are involved in everything from web searches, to cell phones, to business software, and now they are branching out into the green movement. With Bill Wehil’s help, that branch is starting to grow at Google’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Using the equation RE<C (renewable energy that costs less than coal) Bill, the Google green energy czar, has transformed the physical face of Google. Through the use of solar panels and more efficient building of its servers, Google has managed to become carbon neutral.
From there, Bill hopes to branch out to the rest of the world with his green energy ideas. From the Time Magazine article on Bill, “To that end, Google is spreading its spare millions to start-ups like eSolar and BrightSource Energy, as well as sponsoring its own research. Right now Weihl’s engineers are focusing on solar thermal power — which uses the heat of the sun to generate electricity by boiling water to turn a turbine — and developing new mirrors that could cut the cost of such plants by a quarter or more.”
Bill is taking action, that action is for other people. He is doing it for the good of the world. His action takes risk, he and Google are risking millions of dollars in order to create new kinds of renewable energy. When asked about his efforts, Bill simply says, “We want to make the world better.”
Lloyd Gardner was a 22 year old restaurant manager in Exeter, England. He was watching television one day and saw that a woman in the town had been raped and that the attacker had been caught on television. As he was watching the Crime stoppers broadcast, he recognized the two women that the attacker was talking to in the video. He called the women and put them in touch with police. Due to this tip, the attacker was arrested. As a reward for his tip leading to an arrest Lloyd was given a US$16,000 reward.
The woman who was attacked had been left under a truck, where she was discovered. She was in a coma for three weeks and still, three years later, must use a wheelchair. Her doctors have told her that she will never fully recover from her injuries. This has caused hardship for her as she tries to adjust to her new surroundings.
Upon hearing about the award, Lloyd choose to donate the money to the victim saying, “I thought the money would go a lot further to improve her situation. I just wanted to help in any way possible and I hope this has done that.”
Lloyd is a real action hero. He took the action for another person that involved sacrifice. He is someone that did not have to risk his life in order to make a difference in the lives around him.
Do you think Lloyd’s actions were heroic? Why or why not?
I have been working on the little good thing project for two weeks now and I continue to get great results. I have also had a few more people start following me on twitter. I encourage everyone not only to follow, but to comment and start doing little good things on your own. Here are a couple of stories from this past week.
The Halloween Bear –
My father is a retired long distance truck driver. He would haul things all over the United States, and being the curious young lad that I was, I would often go with him. Due to the tolls on the roads that he would travel on, he would always have a pocket full of change. Most of the truck stops that we would travel to had claw games. The combination of these things helped me to become one of the most prolific claw machine game players ever (I have a .330 average when I attempt the game).
Recently, every time I see one of these machines, I cannot help but play. So, I was sitting in a restaurant, having lunch and I spied a Halloween themed machine. I walked over to it, dropped in my $.50 and went to work. I won a bear with a witch hat and a cauldron between his legs.
I turned around to find a small, wide eyed little fella standing behind me, watching with great wonder as the claw dropped the bear into the chute. He summed up his feeling on the whole matter rather eloquently by saying, “Woah.”
“Watch me play.” He said. I watched him drop his money in, manipulate the buttons and just miss winning a ghost. He turned around and he was crushed, his head hung low looking at this toes. I said, “Hey, no worries, here you go,” as I handed him the bear. He ran back to his table, holding it high above his head, and his mother looked up at me and smiled.
The Nursing Home -
I was traveling around going into different nursing homes dropping things off for my mom. As I was standing in one home, I overheard a man telling the social worker of the building that all he wanted was for someone to talk to for just a little while. I handed off my paperwork and sat down.
The man grabbed my hands and started to tell me about himself. He was a former business owner and had gotten sick. He sold his business and had been in and out of the hospital. Due to the fact that he had no family living in Michigan, when he was released from the hospital and still needed care, he was required to stay at the home.
He told me all about his house, and that he was excited to get back there. He couldn’t wait to see how long his grass had gotten and was excited to get out and mow the lawn. All in all I spent about ten minutes with him, and then went about my daily activity.
These two things are, again, acts that did not take much time or effort on my end, but may have changed the course of someone’s day, week, or month. Today, do something small for someone else. It could be a friend or family member or a complete stranger. Do something to make that person’s day better, then in the comments section of this post, let me know what you did and how it felt. Also, remember to follow me on twitter @littlegoodthing.
As we enter the month of October, there is a lot to think about. What Halloween costume are you going to wear? Trick or treat or party? How could it possibly be snowing already? Where is my rake?
It is also important to recognize that October is breast cancer awareness month. There have been countless people affected by this disease, and as with all things that touch a lot of lives, there are an abundance of heroes that should be recognized this month as well. We will be adding many of these people to our Hero Gallery on the HCC site. Take a second to navigate over there and check out these heroes.
Morgan O’ Neil -
Morgan is an eighteen year old high school senior in Connecticut. After visiting her mother’s friend who had breast cancer, Morgan started making and selling belts and donating proceeds to The American Cancer Society. Read More.
Shirley Brown –
Shirley was diagnosed with breast cancer thirteen years ago, and not only choose to fight the disease, but to help others get help too. She became a team leader for a group called Women of Color Breast Cancer Survivors Project. Her mission is to help women facing the same problem to get quality medical care. Read More.
Nancy Brinker –
After losing her sister to cancer, Nancy created the Susan G Komen for The Cure a non-profit that is famous for their three day walks in support of finding a cure for breast cancer. Read More.
Evelyn Lauder –
Evelyn, using the wealth and fame gained from working for Estee Lauder Cosmetic Company, raised over $18 million dollars which went towards building the Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Cancer Centre. Evelyn, along with Alexandra Penney, developed the now famous pink ribbon, the symbol of the Breast Cancer research Foundation. Read More.
As you read about these Breast Cancer Heroes, please be inspired by their stories, and remember that these people were and are Real Action Heroes. They took action. Their actions started small and grew into something great. They may not have started with much, but through commitment and perseverance, have created something amazing. You could do the same. Are you a Real Action Hero?
September was great month of presentations. I got to travel to many different schools, met a myriad of students, talked about being a hero with students from fourth grade to ninth grade, met great motivated teachers, and absorbed some local color through the magic of AM radio. First the numbers:
4 – Number of states traveled to
6 – The number of schools that I presented to
10 – Number of actual presentation days
1320 – Number of students that heard the presentation
1472.4 – Number of miles traveled
1472.5 – Ounces of coffee consumed
Like I said, it was a great month. I had the opportunity to try out all three of our presentations and see the responses from different grade levels. I wanted to share some of those highlights here.
Grand Blanc Middle School West – Grand Blanc, Mi
In this school, we saw a great group of students and a great group of teachers. We like to work with schools that buy in to our mission, and you could tell that these teachers and this principal were exactly what we were looking for.
The students from this school really internalized the message and I could tell that it was going to resonate with them. More on this in a future blog post. Consider this a prelude to a great story.
North Road Elementary – Fenton, Mi
Here we did the fourth grade presentation with three different classrooms. The kids were amazed at the stories and seemed motivated to make their school a better place to be, one small step at a time. I saw one hero award that said, “Thank you for standing up to (name withheld) for me. It helped me a lot.” Those are the kinds of things that we love to see. Specific examples of students helping each other out.
Marinette Middle School – Marinette Wisconsin
This is another example of a principal that we love to work with. Adam is excited about what we do, and how it can help his school. I did two days of presenting in this school and saw a wide range of responses to our message. One day in particular, I saw one student picking on another while the presentation was going on, and another student stepped up and stopped it. It is great to see those immediate results, but we hope that the change lasts for a long time to come.
Walled Lake Central High School – Walled Lake, Mi
At Walled Lake, we saw a different kind of student. We presented to ninth grade honors english classes, and really saw them 
internalize the message. This is from one of the student pledges, “I promise to be caring and courageous in the face of danger. To put others before myself and not to judge people based on looks, hobbies, or friends and I hope they will do the same.”
We also saw the students start to create their own strategy for spreading this message to the other people in the schools. They had talked about creating borders for the rooms using the words on the heroic attributes list, creating a hero award for their school to hand out to people who had not seen the presentation, and many other ideas. It was great to see and we will definitely check back with them to see how it is going.
Lapeer East High School – Lapeer, Mi
I only presented to one class at Lapeer, but it was amazing to see the change in that class from the beginning to the end of the presentation. People who were reluctant to speak at the beginning got up and read out their pledge at the end. Students asked very well thought out questions and seemed like they had gotten the point. Lapeer did a press release and a blog post to the rest of their schools about out visit.
All in all it was a great month. For now, we will be following up with the schools we have been in and we are always looking for new schools to present in. For more information on booking The HCC for your school, click here.
Yes, it’s Monday, but the video was done on Friday and posted to Facebook. In the future it will come here first.
Every Friday we’ll be publishing a video. It could be on a specific hero, something in the news, a theme in our programs, or something requested by our readers (now viewers). If you’d like us to discuss something, just leave a comment.
Ann Medlock started the Giraffe Heroes Project 25 years ago to promote heroes around the world who stick their neck out for others. Recently she spoke at the TEDx Puget Sound event. Here’s the video.
By: Josh Best
I have been working on the “Doing Little Good Things” project for a little more than a week now and I have some interesting findings. First I want to expand on some of the deeds that I did and reactions that I got from them. Remember, you can follow me on twitter @littlegoodthing.
The Apology Letter:
I had just gotten home from a long day and tucked into my door was a citation from the City of Clawson. I have been trying to sell my brothers car, so I had it parked a small patch of grass next to my driveway. The citation said that I was not allowed to park anywhere except the driveway or the street. The problem is that you are not allowed to park on the street between the hours of two and six in the morning. At the bottom of the citation, I also noticed a hand written note that said, “There are also weed in your yard.”
I was frustrated not only from the note, but from the day as well so I called the phone number on the citation and spoke with the person who had cited me. Through the course of our conversation I became more frustrated as the questions I asked only got generic answers. I ended up being very rude and insulting to the person I was talking to. I realized this and apologized to him on the phone.
This being the first day of the Little Good Things project, I decided to take it one step further. I wrote a note, once again apologizing for my actions and mailed it to him. What I did not realize when I was speaking to him on the phone was that he was simply doing his job, and that the citation was nothing personal. I have no idea what the response to this was, as I have not spoken to him since the incident, but I wanted to be sure that I took the time to treat this man like a person.
The Trail Mix:
My mom and I were traveling around and she had to make a quick stop for work. We pulled into a parking lot that had one of those booths for a security guard who verifies the people coming and going. As we pulled in, the guard looked up, smiled and said, “Welcome back Debbie, good to see you today.”
My mom said hello and drove past. She said to me, “He is always so nice to me. I love coming here on days when he is working.” I said, “You should let him know, give him a bag of that trail mix that you have in the back,” (My mom does sales and marketing, so she routinely has favors like this in her car). On the way out, my mom stopped her car, grabbed two bags, and walked over to the booth. I heard her say, “Here, this is for always being so nice when I come into the parking lot.”
It was amazing seeing his response. His face lit up, he had a smile from ear to ear. He said thank you a couple of times, and you could tell that he didn’t quite know how to respond. He immediately opened one of the bags and was still smiling as we were pulling off.
I know that there are good people in this world, who are good people with no thought of being rewarded. I think that even for people like this it is important to reward that behavior. With the presentation that we give, we always include some kind of award for people who do good things or make good choices. We do this because we know it feels good to get these awards, even if you are the best person in the world. You are more likely to continue doing good things if you get recognized for doing good things.
So far I have learned two very important things:
1) If you are going to do little good things for other people, it takes energy. You have to be in public places. You have to be paying attention to your surroundings. You have to, to some extent, anticipate when someone will need help. It would have done no good at all for me to notice that a person needed help lifting a stroller after he had lifted it. Be aware of the world around you.
2) It might be uncomfortable. When I stopped the woman to tell her her dress was hanging out the bottom of her door and might get ruined because of the rain, she stopped and rolled her window down only about half an inch, and looked quite scared for the whole interaction. After I told her, she smiled and said thank you, and drove off. It was interesting that it was an uncomfortable interaction because she seemed so scared and surprised that someone had stopped her.
Why do you think that people are uncomfortable with positive interaction from strangers? Please comment here and follow this project on twitter @littlegoodthing.
Now that I have begun work with The Hero Construction Company, I have become sensitive to the use of the word hero. I have found that it gets thrown around to describe anyone who had done anything. I was checking my email the other day and saw the headline, “Hero Teenager Saves More Than 30 Lives Before He Is Swept Away,” and I thought, “this is something I need to read.”
Until reading the article, I was unaware that there was flooding in the Philippines caused by typhoon Ketsana. When I read this story I was amazed at the selflessness of this young man who, like many other heroes, was a person who did little good things everyday.
Muelmar Magallanes was an eighteen year old construction worker in Manila, where the typhoon hit. When the floods came, he swam through the raging water to retrieve family members and neighbors and swim them to safety. From the article, “Finally, he believed he had saved everyone and, shivering with cold and exhaustion, lay down on the soggy ground to recover – but then he heard Menchie’s screams as she and her baby daughter were being carried away on the top of the box the mother was clinging to, with the child in her arms. Without hesitation, Muelmar dived into the fierce river and swam to the couple who were in danger of being thrown from the box.
The mother and her baby, who were being carried away on the top of a styrofoam box, were hauled to the shore by friends after Muelmar had pushed them in close enough for the terrified pair to be saved.”
The article goes on to say, “As they stood at Meulmar’s coffin, his father, Samuel, said: ‘He always had a good heart. It was typical of him to have given his life for others.’”
It is another lesson in the Heroic Imagination. A person who practiced those little good things every day and increased the “do good” of his heroic imagination. Then when a situation comes along where he needs to act, he acts. Muelmar saved thirty lives before he was killed. All thirty of those people, plus the countless number that will be affected by this story will remember him as a hero.
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