[ WP ] - What does it mean to be a hero ?

A hero is the father who gets up every day and goes to work to support his family 
 
 Being a hero can be fighting the battle of an illness. 
 
 A hero can be the mail carrier who treks his daily route in the freezing winter or stifling summer without a word of thanks from his patrons. 
 
 A hero is a farmer who goes out to the fields in the middle of the night to harvest his crop. 
 
 A hero is the mother of three pre-school children who gives of herself to the care and feeding of her little ones. 
 
 A hero is your school teachers. 
 
 People go about their daily lives providing a service, or doing a daily job that is not called heroic; though these actions provide the platform for others to do a work or vocation for the next generation. That linking of past to future is the heroism. 
 
 You can find a hero in your next-door neighbor. 
 

