I’ve never been one to have heroes. I didn’t follow bands as a child and I didn’t have pin-up posters of stars I was a fan of. Movie stars didn’t figure in my world, nor did super heroes. I did dress up as Annie Oakley and wield my six shooter at times but even she was not a hero.
I suppose an early hero was my Father and I have to say he never did anything that destroyed that image for me however, even there I wouldn’t classify him as a hero but a wonderful role model and person that I loved.
At five I was madly in love with Raymond F… a six-year-old in my class. I took him home to meet the parents as I was considering marrying him. He was sent packing and that was the end of our relationship. He took up with a girl whose parents were no doubt more accommodating.
At seven I had a severe crush on the first male teacher I had. Come to think of it in senior high school I had a crush on the only other male teacher that taught me. In both classes I excelled. I worked hard, simply to impress.
The only other person that I had some sort of hero-worship was Jon English after I watched him in the stage play Jesus Christ Superstar. A pity he played Judas. Despite that I had a few weeks where I doodled his face in my school books.
None of these people I think about apart from at times when prompted to write about “the heroes in your five-year old life.” Some people come to mind that, although I don’t consider them heroes, I certainly have the greatest admiration for them. They include people such as Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, The Dalai Lama. Even people like Joan Baez, Michail Gorbachev and John Lennon would make it to my list for their peace fighting and anti-war beliefs.
These are the true heroes but the five year old is incapable of knowing this.
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/daily-prompt-hero/
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In our working time, Jon English was a really nice bloke. Chic and I worked on a movie in which he had a big role (don’t remember what the movie was, sorry); and he never failed to help with the packing up at the end of a location, or of a day, carting around apple-boxes and lamp-stands just like any of the minor crew. We liked him a lot!
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I hadn’t thought of him for years when his wife gave birth at the hospital I worked at. The maternity staff all said the same thing. It sounds as though you had a very interesting career. Is that the subject of your book?
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It’s the … ahh … setting. We met on a film crew, and worked together on many others.
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How wonderful that your dad was such a lovely role model and yes, your hero. That is precious beyond words. Love the photo 🙂
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