Throughout history, people tended to glorify certain others, admiring their certain strength. In tenacity or talent. Stature or character.
Today's world seems to have shifted focus, primarily infatuated with anybody who is famous.
Thousands of teenagers dream of Hollywood, countless crave the details of those that live in that elusive world.
Millions of Americans, indeed millions around the world, are obsessed with the president, the vice president, and the many other political figures making life-changing decisions with a few written or spoken words.
We study their words, their faces, their lives, ten times over.
There is something mesmerizing about these figures that are larger than life.
But there is something extraordinary about the figures that actually live in your life.
They may never get a lifetime achievement award, an academy award, become a fashion icon, or the president.
They are the heroes and heroines in the things that go unnoticed.
The kindergarten teacher who has an infinite amount of patience for her students. The friend who asks how you are-and really wants to know. The clerk in the supermarket who consistently greets you with a smile, no matter the day, no matter the time. The father who works hard until ten o'clock at night to ensure that his children can get a good education. The child who struggles with his inner demon, and wins. The woman who experiences much pain in her life, but does not become a victim to it.
There are the figures who are larger than life.
And there are the figures in life who are large.
Large in unsung greatness.
Real heroes.
Let's notice them.
Nechemia Schusterman wrote...