July 13, 2023 – A

We have had the Hero Talk before,
and we will have it again,
because it is central
to being centered in/grounded upon
what matters most.

We see what matters most reflected in our heroes. 
Who are your heroes, 
fictional and actual?

It is telling, for me,
that I have no actual male heroes,
and no fictional female heroes.

My fictional male heroes are
Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird,"
and Tevya in "Fiddler on the Roof."

My actual female heroes are, in no order,
Betty White,
Helen Keller,
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dolly Parton.

I love the Tevya character,
and agonized over how he would make it
after stepping off the boat in New York,
then realized that he would make it just fine,
simply by being Tevya.

This is how all of our heroes are.
They are invincible to the degree
that they are who they are.

Betty White was always just fine
as long as she was being Betty White.
And Helen Keller,
and all the rest.

Being who we are is our solution
to all of our problems today,
any day
every day.

The trick is to be consciously connected
with our center, our ground, our core,
and live out of that--
being true to our own character--
in each situation as it arises,
all our life long.

It takes being quiet to connect with the core.

Regularly. Routinely. Religiously.

People who make a religion out of being quiet
are grounded in the truth of themselves,
and have nothing to worry about--
they just turn everything over to themselves,
and stand up and step into whatever is next.

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