» hero | One Dollar Jackpot - 25 Words or Less Competition

Some people say ‘never meet your hero’ because you’ll always be disappointed. You see them from afar - they seem to be what you want to be, what you aim to be but really if you knew them they would turn out to be as simple, stupid and flawed as you. Unless you are your own hero. Then you can just be the best person in your own life.

An interesting range of answers today - some were their own hero, some had their parent/s. Others had someone they probably had never met. Here’s a few of those I received:

• My hero is Alexander the Great. I never met him, but he conquered all and was truly the first “super star” of the world.
• I prefer to be my own hero. I stand in awe of the things that I have accomplished in life.
• I greatly admired McGyver,Since I was so much younger;

  His genius in resourcefulness,

  I followed his footsteps, more or less.

• My great grandma was a hero, at age 85She’d wake up at 6, work, and live life!
• My hero is my dad. He is always my biggest fan. Even when I goof up, he’s still there to give me a hug.
• His views are different than mine but debates in a healthy way against me, does not argue. The kind of person I want to be.
• Slower than a speeding bullet,Sometimes catches the train,

  Catches the lift up tall buildings,

  Gets wet in the rain … but, oh, what a brain!

Great entries! The depth of emotion behind some of those is great and really comes through. I enjoyed them all

However there can be only… one. Today’s winner is Tracey with a nice little poem about her mother. I think mothers decidedly need more poems like this!

my hero? Its my mother
I unconditionally love her
she cleans and cooks - reads my daughter story books,
my hero? it could be no other

Are you a mother? What would you think if your daughter/son wrote something like this about you?

I used to think that I didn’t have a hero. I always thought that I didn’t look up to anyone but God (because I’m a Christian). Apparently I was wrong, and I found out by growing older and realised that I took a lot of cues from people around me like my brothers (again with the family stories) and older people who seemed cool. I always like Johnny Depp’s haircut in 21 Jump Street - but not really him as a hero.

I want to know who you look up to now, what they’re like and something about them that you see in yourself or possible in yourself.

I for one - and this is no surprise to anyone who knows me, would like to be like Bono. Not in every way, but there are things that are attractive about his character as I look and see what he has done/said/achieved. But that might be an obvious choice - because who wouldn’t like to be like him in some way?

So tell me about your hero, is it someone famous? It could be your dad, brother, a close friend or someone who you observe from a distance (and know very little about in reality).