Heroes

Superman. John Wayne. Tom Hanks. Malcomn X. Eleanor Roosevelt. We can consider our heroes and be inspired. I'll steal from Angel (the TV show) and quote:

"That's why there's us. Champions. It doesn't matter where we come from, what we've done or suffered, or even if we make a difference. We live as though the world were as it should be, to show it what it can be."

Some of us recognize our innate ability to withstand enormous pressure and suffering, born from an unwilling recognition of our own endurance. We recognize our failings, our weaknesses, our terrible limitations, and strive to endeavor for things greater than ourselves not because of some desperate hope but rather an understanding that we are not special and by that very awareness are given an opportunity to share our uncommon potential with everyone.

We know we're weak, fallible, flawed. We know that we're not special. Our goal is to reach out to those around us and through striving to create what is seemingly impossible for ourselves, demonstrate the manifest possibility for others to do the same.

Join us if you can, if you wish.