We are tomorrow's heroes

My wish as always is that you will have a happy Monday.

Every generation and every people need their heroes because they are writing history. The heroics and achievements of the past are vital because they provide benchmarks for the present. If there is nothing to gauge the present then there will be no way to measure present progress for shortcomings or surpluses.

It is not good enough however to live in the past but rather magnanimous goals should be set for the future. The present need it heroes to demonstrate that what was achieved in the past by others can be repeated and surpassed in the present.

Those persons reading this page  that are familiar with Judaeo/Christian writings will be familiar with the story of a pair of twins. The elder twin by virtue of being the firstborn inherited certain rights and privileges. He was careless and refused to live up to the responsibilities of the firstborn and his twin wanted what he ignored. One day the elder twin came home hungry and saw his twin brother with a cooked meal. The elder twin figured that he was about to die of hunger and asked his brother for some of the food. The younger twin told him that if he died the birthrights would become his anyway and since he would be saving the older brother's life then he should turn over the rights and privileges of the firstborn. The older twin agreed. There are two things that are stark in this story.
   1. The older brother did not value what he had coming in the future.
   2. The younger brother was rapacious and ready to take advantage of his brother.
It remains debatable whether the elder twin was really hungry to the point of death and if so whether his brother would see him die of hunger.

There are lessons to learnt from this story and the underlying principle in the story is as relevant now as it was when it first occurred.
   1. Learn the true value of your possessions. There are many benefits that will only be realized in the future.         ( Every persons born on this earth are entitled to a name and other identifying features. Records are                 kept so that future accolades may be bestowed although the person may have died). There are many             persons who are signing away these presently.
   2. Be on the look out for the covetous and rapacious. There are many who recognize the value of what              you possess and will try gaining it for very little.

It is true that there are persons and organization that have the resources and means to take your ideas and inventions to heights that are outside your wildest imaginations. The question remains, should you sign away all your rights?

Here is the reality of life. History has left its heroes who have set the benchmark. The present have it heroes who are in the process of reaching the benchmarks with the aim of surpassing yesterday's heroes. It is not good enough for you and I to sit on the sideline observing what is taking place. We have the opportunity to be today's heroes. We have the opportunity to rise to the top and become the example for the present and those coming after to emulate.