Every single day, there are people doing heroic deeds. No one knows who or what they are. They are not shouted from the rooftops or printed in the newspaper. But they are models of leadership education.
Recently I was told of the following story from a physical therapist who has clients with severe limited mobility. One of her clients is so heavy that she is confined to a bed except for those rare occasions that she is hoisted out of bed in a hydraulic lift for doctor's appointments....or twice a week when this physical therapist comes to help her client stand up for a brief 30 seconds. Yes, this physical therapist is an everyday hero. But her retired father is also an everyday hero, a man, who behind the scenes, listens to his daughter's stories of clients whose hospital beds are too high to safely allow them to get in and out of. So what does he do?
This humble, but skilled in carpentry, everyday hero seeks no recognition or monetary gain builds wooden platforms to fulfill the needs of those with his daughter .
May we keep our eyes and ears open recognizing everyday heroes and learn from the examples. And may this encourage us to go forth and with our own personal skills fulfill needs in the world!
Everyday heroes are models of leadership education.
