Why are we captivated by the actions of a select few people throughout history? Why do the legendary heroes always suffer from the trappings of power? What can we learn from some of the great historical leaders and heroes of the past? And are our glorious heroes doomed finally to disappoint? All this and more on today’s edition of The Rabbit Hole: Politics and Prose.
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life_ontherocks
Shakespeare is my hero. He persevered against everything: lack of formal education, lack of status, lack of funds, financial troubles, personal troubles, plague, and fire. Almost singlehandedly, he energized the English language, created theater as we know it today, used language more precisely and expressively than it has ever been used, saw so clearly into human character that he has created a beautiful saying or several lines to delineate many various people, motivations and experiences, and is endlessly enchanting and amusing. He grows more heroic in my estimation as I grow older and more in awe of his tremendous and well used gifts. Even his flaws he turned to genius.
lazarus
Every human hero I ever had sooner or later proved the clay of their feet and fell down – some never to rise again. So I established the one and only infallible hero in time, past, present, and future. My Hero is God in the Person of His Son Jesus the Christ, who as the Son of God stood on the threshold of NOTHING and spoke into existence the entire cosmos and everything in it. After setting in motion everything he set forth an irrevocable rule of successful economy, the rule of sowing and reaping not only on the farm but in every aspect of life, spiritually, physically, mentally and in every other aspect of life. You reap what you sow and if you don’t sow you will not reap. If you want disaster, such as socialism, which involves zero sowing and reaping only what others have sowed, in socialism you will be sowing the wind and you will be reaping the disaster of the whirl wind. Somebody should share this fact with AOC and all the lesser demons of the Democrat Party, but it wouldn’t matter – they will not hear it, for they ignore another truth spoken by my Hero, “If you continue in my Word you will be my disciples and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free”.
turbo
Because we are human and thereby fail daily, we need Gods direction and a strong belief in his direction to maintain our principles. Often we start out doing good but then are corrupted by fame, money and prestige. This is the human condition. It is easy to find ourselves putting ourselves first. We need to follow Gods teachings to love your neighbor as yourself.