Heroes

Today we were talking about who we consider our "heroes." My husband named several people--all military heroes. Some brave POWs, some brave for other reasons. There are a couple of people I consider heroes who are not in our military, but not many.

My heroes, too, have always been the brave men and women who are willing to sacrifice civilized life and submit to training that prepares them to protect the rest of us. This training forces them to live and fight in a base, instinctual, and animalistic state. Their personal sacrifice to do this allows the rest of us to be spared from living in that same state under the control of our enemies: people who would harm or kill us. If these brave sailors, soldiers, and marines were not willing volunteers, we would either have to take their place fighting for our own survival or surrender to the bad guys. There's no other option.

No matter what, the terrorists will either divide us and conquer us, or we will stick together and prevail together. Right now, it's not looking so good for the latter. But I still have hope.