The importance of heroes

I read a good article that was talking about the importance of heroes in our lives. It's almost intuitive to aspire towards a hero-like character in your life as they represent the type of qualities/ attributes you'd wish for.

"..what goals do for us on a day-in/day-out basis, heroism accomplishes over the course of a lifetime" - Dr. Brett Steenbarger

From the consumer work that I do, Malaysians seem to aspire towards their parents more often than not. They admire their dad for the hard work he's put in to build his business and yet raise his family. Mom's the greatest simply because of the love and patience she has. This doesn't seem to change much whether they're teenagers or adults. Occasionally a few mention figures like Lim Goh Tong, Dr. Mahatir, or Bill Gates but most can't really articulate anything truly unique about them. It's like they all mesh into one single character of vague virtue.

I'm not playing judge, but perhaps it might be more effective if we really find the time to pick out one (or two) people and try our best to get to know as much as we can about them.

You don't have to be 100% like them, but I'm convinced of the importance such a figure plays especially during the many trying times of life.

Now what would Homer Simpson do?... Hm...