How to be a Hero (in one easy lesson) Because
it was the Fourth of July weekend and the weather was sunny and warm, my husband
and I decided to go to one of our favorite playgrounds - Fort Flagler State Park
- to fly our stunt kites. Next to the main campground is a large flat, grassy
area which is perfect for kite flying. It's open to the breezes off the bay from
all directions, affording good kite flying almost every day... except for when
it rains. As
we drove into the park, we noticed several signs warning that fireworks were prohibited
in the park. Aside from the fact that the weather had been very dry and the fire
danger was high, the noise of the fireworks is disturbing to all the wildlife
that abounds there. While
we were rigging our kites we noticed a small group of young adults with their
small children gathered together in an area next to the parking lot. Soon we heard
the loud bangs and pops of fireworks coming from this group. We
were shocked, since the notices about no fireworks were obvious and these people
could not have missed seeing them. Also, their children were running around and
through the group as the adults were setting off fireworks and throwing lit firecrackers
into the air. There
were no park rangers in the area at the time, so I found the camp manager to tell
her about these people and their dangerous behavior with the fireworks. I
found her talking with another couple, so I stood back a bit to wait my turn.
As I did so, I overheard the man talking while his wife stood behind him, looking
down as if to hide so others wouldn't see her. "They're
setting off fireworks right over there on the playground," he was telling
the manager. "And they have children running around them while they're doing
it. Not only are they going against the park rule about fireworks, but they're
endangering their own children." "Excuse
me, but that's what I wanted to talk to you about, also," I said to the camp
manager. "I'll
go over there right now and have them stop. If they refuse then I'll get the park
ranger and he'll evict them from the park," she said and then turned and
walked over to the fireworks group. The
man's wife turned to me and said, "My husband always does this. He always
embarasses me by complaining like this." I
was surprised and dismayed at her response to her husband's action.
"Your husband is a hero," I told her. "Those people are putting
their own children in danger, not to mention the rest of us. The grass is tinder
dry and they could easily start a wildfire. You should be proud of him for his
action. It takes courage to speak up like that. Notice that of all the people
around here, no one else was brave enough to do so." She
looked at me, her eyes wide and beginning to fill with tears. "I never thought
of him as a hero, but now I see that he is. Each time he speaks up he's being
a hero. I didn't realize that it takes courage to step up to do and say the right
thing. Thank you," she said to me. "And thank YOU, my hero," she
said to her husband as she gave him a big hug. Everyone
has within them the courage to act, to do the right thing. And each time they
do so, they are doing an act of heroism. Sometimes it's a small gesture, such
as reporting a violation like this one. But no matter how small or large the action,
it's an act of heroism. What
acts of heroism have you seen recently? When
did you last have the courage to do or say the right thing and thus, become a
hero? Love, Kathy
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