An American Hero
Do’s and Don’ts
Hi friends,
I think you’ll enjoy the words below. I’m writing (for another publication) about certain American heroes, and it made me think… Sometimes, I have to ask myself a deeper question. So, the question that I asked myself today was, What is and what isn’t an American Hero…
This speaks from and to my heart. Patriotism isn’t what the left would tell you today; it’s stewardship.
An American hero
is not someone without flaws.
An American hero acts
when liberty is threatened.
Speaks when truth carries risk.
Sacrifices comfort for principle.
An American hero
is someone who stands when standing is costly.
An American hero does not
seek power for its own sake.
Trade freedom for control.
Use authority to silence others.
They are not saints.
They are not symbols.
They are men and women
who step forward
when the cost is real
and the outcome unknown.
They live in their own time —
with its limits, its dangers, its unfinished truths.
Their greatness is not found
in who they are alone —
but in what they leave behind.
A freer people.
A stronger foundation.
A nation well worth defending.
An American hero
does not require perfection.
History has never demanded it —
only courage.
Their courage does not come from knowing they will win —
but from acting even if they might lose everything.
“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”
-from the closing sentence of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
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