Hero or compassionate fellow human?
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I tell you this next bit not to make it about me, but to give some context for the questions I'm going to ask. Because of my health issues. I knew there was going to be a price to pay in helping him, and it has so far. I have had two days in bed and I know that the end is not yet near to return to my quote, unquote normal. Another story
This is a really good question, Christina. And thank you so much for sharing those stories. I don't believe in heroes. I think that the word hero is along the same line lines of performative activism. I get the same vibes from heroes as I do with the vibes of posting a black square in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. It's not actually really helping people. It's just looking like you are
I've always wondered why people will make a point of saying I donated X number of dollars here or X number of dollars there if it's really about helping whoever you've donated it to whatever organization, if it's really about altruism, do you really need to have the recognition or the accolades which leads me down another rabbit hole of whether altruism even exists or are we just simply doing it for that warm, fuzzy feeling we get?
Yes. This is so interesting. I okay. So this makes me think of something else. So I also don't believe in deserves. And I actually was really inspired by this and made another swell cast and reference this one, which is funny that we both kind of did that. But I think that this is really relevant to this conversation because heroism to me, it's not altruism, because it's like we're expecting to deserve something positive in return. Right
Okay. So I haven't clicked the link yet to go listen over there yet, but I just wanted to ask a clarifying question. You said heroism is not altruism because it's looking for recognition. Which one one were you saying is looking for recognition? Altruism or heroism. And I couldn't agree with you more about the guy who broke his leg. I mean, for all we know, when you see that situation, someone could be drunk because they lost a family member
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And heroes could be anybody. They don't have to be super intelligent people or super strong, physical people. It could be simply somebody who took on a hard road and pulled their boots up and took on responsibilities to better other people's life. So I think that's what a hero is somebody who takes on the responsibility to better somebody else's life out of love. I think that's what defines a hero
And I think even when you see at least hero in Canada, and I hear some stories about it in Texas with the winter storm, when people are in need, there are people who are helping, not necessarily because they want the recognition, maybe after the fact they'll think about it. But you see somebody who is in need and you want to help. And I think usually the person who helps doesn't necessarily label themselves as a hero
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