tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post7832759750695940261..comments2023-08-22T05:06:48.916-07:00Comments on JR Snyder Jr: Thinking Out LoudJR Snyder Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-6389890987082924892011-04-21T20:40:02.345-07:002011-04-21T20:40:02.345-07:00I think most real heroes are unknown. I mean that ...I think most real heroes are unknown. I mean that in the sense you do but also in the sense of being that person who stops and helps a lost old lady in a parking lot find her car and then leave without a word other than accepting a grateful "thank you so much." <br /><br />Someone did that for my mother recently and I wish I knew who they were. My "Ma" is 83, a good (but slow) driver during the day but drives a nondescript white car of which there are millions on the road. This guy helped her find hers among the many in the large parking lot that "has the saguaro on the antenna so I can find it." <br /><br />He helped her find her white car with the saguaro cactus on the antenna in what I know is a large parking lot in our hometown. She made me feel good because after she told me the story she said "and I know you would do the same thing." Yup.JR Snyder Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-60285627476451029582011-04-21T18:42:28.613-07:002011-04-21T18:42:28.613-07:00I can't remember any time that helping someone...I can't remember any time that helping someone who needed help didn't feel good. I don't mean paying taxes so that they could be turned into government subsidies. That might make me a little poorer and give some people another dollar to buy shoes or a lottery ticket, but that never feels good. But just doing something decent, whether it's helping someone learn something or helping them get a car out of a ditch on a dirt road or whatever else, always feels good. I've always enjoyed it, which might be the return on investment...but there's more to it than that.<br /><br />The road to hell might be paved with good intentions but I think it's actions that matter. I'm sure I'm missing the irony of my mentioning this; you'd think anyone who thought as long as I have about pretty much everything would at least be smart enough not to mention occasions when an old adage hits up against the skull. But I do. And that's cool.<br /><br />I'm beginning to think there are two kinds of heroes: the ones people know about and the ones people don't know about. I don't mean that in a "fame" sense. I just think the real heroes are people we rarely think of as being such...but I know they are people. As you say, you never really know where you are in history. Wherever it is, though, there will be some heroic people involved.<br /><br />And to think I was just going to say "this post is perfect"...it is, JR. Thanks for posting it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com