14 March 2002 approx. 12.20 am

Heroes can be found every step of the way in the many people that you meet – who knows how they would react in a certain situation?  Who knows what he or she might have to offer in a crisis unless that crisis is realised?  Heroes are, after all, ordinary men and women like yourself – they are not ‘all-powerful’; they do not possess super-human abilities.  The strength within may be found during a crisis and it is that strength that produces the heroes.  Never underestimate the human will and the strength within; each and every one of you is capable of great things given the circumstances in which these qualities might come to the fore.  There are untold blessings within each person that you meet – these blessings may be as simple as a smile that lifts your spirits or as complex as saving your life.  Both are noteworthy but for different reasons.  The person who saves your life and the person who lifts flagging spirits with the smile are both doing so out of love and compassion for their fellow human.  The person who saves your life is showing this love and compassion in a far more dramatic and more profound way; after all, what can be greater than saving the life of another?  However, the person who lifts your spirits with a smile should not be underestimated – their gift of compassion must not be underestimated.  For if your spirits are low and nobody seems to notice or care, then they will sink lower.  For your spirits to be lifted by a smile is a wonderful thing – it prevents anger and bitterness which may be inevitable if your spirits were to continue to sink.  Your actions would be reflective of that anger and bitterness, and so it would increase and spread.  So with the small gift of a smile, this is prevented, and the smile brings a peace and joy that will also be spread to others.  It may not seem, to you, to be as heroic as saviing a life, and perhaps it might even seem to be nothing at all – of little consequence; but consider instead that if happiness and peace begin to spread on the strength of that one person smiling – then the peace would cover the globe and the happiness would follow as a result.  It is hard to be angry and bitter when all around you are smiling – it brings light to the darkest lives.  It is time now to think from a new perspective and, when you see someone whose spirits are flagging, find that small, heroic, inner love and compassion within yourself and lift their spirits with a smile.

‘Til we meet again…

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