a far too cynical approach to heroes

In thinking about how to respond to this tag, I realized that while I can list a number of people I admire, and there are plenty of heroic acts I appreciate, I am wary of explicitly labeling anyone as my hero (to me “hero” suggests perfection and is a bit too strong a description for the inherently flawed human). So instead, I leave you with Ralph Waldo Emerson words to consider:

“The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires”