In my books I write about bold, brave, fearless men and women who are willing to do anything to save their family, the people they love and their land. As much as we women might wish otherwise, romance stories are more fiction than truth and we long wistfully for the fantasy to be real. Amazingly enough, reality can sometimes be even better than fiction and I was shown that yesterday morning.
I have a very dear long distance friend who has proven to me over and over that good men do exist and that they're not a dream any woman should give up on. How many of us have ever seen a person or animal in need and actually stopped to help? In today's world it is sad how so many people don't seem to care about the plights of others. Too often people continue with their lives thinking "oh the next person who goes by will help that poor creature." How about stepping up and being that "next person" for once? Being the person who cared is exactly what my friend did and I am so very proud of him! He was driving home from a class the other night, saw a mother duck and her babies on a busy highway and actually stopped to try and save them. It was too late to save the mother duck, but he still tried, and he managed to wrangle up a couple of the babies and get them to safety. Who knows how many people drove by him while he was trying to save those ducks and either didn't notice him, were annoyed he was disrupting traffic, thought he was crazy or envied his bravery. All that matters is that he has a big enough heart to even try and that he did it solely to help a creature in need. It was a truly selfless, loving and incredible feat and though he was heartbroken he couldn't save all the ducks, in my eyes he is a true hero. I have stopped to rescue butterflies, birds and turtles from the middle of a country road, tamed feral cats, placed wounded bats somewhere safely away from predators and helped corral runaway horses and dogs on more than one occasion, but I don't consider myself a hero. It is in my nature to try and help, it should be in all of our natures. Helping our fellow man and the other animals we share this world with shouldn't be seen as a choice, it should be seen as our obligation. After all, if you were the person in need, wouldn't you want someone to stop and help you? We all need rescuing at some point, we all need heroes and we can all be heroes. Open your eyes and heart and be brave, bold, loving and selfless. When you put positive energy out into the world it will return even stronger and in unexpected ways and prove that life is truly the most amazing adventure of all.
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