Discover the Wisdom of Heroes Copywriter Ray Edwards and Audio Expert DJ Dave Bernstein as they Answer " Who do you feel are the real heroes in our society today that are not getting the recognition and rewards they deserve?"
Ray Edwards: I think there are plenty of them and I think that those are the people who are servants. Our society holds up as heroes the movie stars and rock stars and athletes.
There is nothing wrong with that. I think that in each of those categories there are people that deserve the title of being a hero. I think there are a lot fewer than the media would have us believe and certainly for different reasons than the media would have us believe.
The people that I think are really heroes that don’t get the recognition they deserve are the servants. I’m talking about the people who take care of the sick and the elderly, the people who minister both spiritually and very physically in a real way the poor and the handicapped, those who roll up their sleeves and go into a place like New Orleans after that tragedy there and go to work.
I’m going to be the first to admit that is not me. I don’t do those kinds of things. One of my goals in life is to get to that place. I have all kinds of excuses why I don’t do it.
I don’t have enough money. I can’t stop working yet. Those are things that I’ve got to work through. I realize that because we each have the ability to do I believe what we are willing to do.
We’ve got to sort out what we are meant to do too. Not everybody was meant for every kind of service. Also, I admire people who stand up for unpopular values that I think are important to the fabric of our country.
I don’t want to get off into a political rant or a deep, deep religious discussion but there are things that are happening in our country that I think are reprehensible. I am proud of and I am in admiration of the people who stand up and say, “This is not right, these kinds of injustices or endorsing this kind of behavior.”
There are unsung heroes everywhere and most of them are servants.
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
- Confucius
DJ Dave Bernstein: There's one gentleman that I had an opportunity to meet during the past summer, his name is Orrin Hudson, he actually teaches intercity youth how to play chess and he does this to relieve them of a lot of the problems and crimes that they are exposed to on a daily basis. I'm going, Wow, that's amazing, I mean, to get gang members, and disadvantaged children to play chess, to not only learn how to escape problems but to experience positive things in their lives.
That's incredible, and, all the teachers that are out there, maybe are making minimum teaching wages, and are teaching the kids, second graders, third graders, fourth graders, I'm dating a third grade teacher right now, and she's an incredible hero to me, and I don't think she even knows it, but she is changing the lives of children. I think that anybody pretty much that is changing the lives of the future of America, the children, they're absolutely heroes in my eyes.