What you call an act of heroism, I look at as acting on a basic human level. An act of pure humanity: feeding those who are hungry; clothing those who have nothing; a bed to those who have no home; and medicine for those in pain or dying. This façade of society that has blinded our own natural instincts and the money and greed that has faltered our awareness and empathy for others, it is fueled by ignorance. We are told to value life, but brought up to value a number on a bank statement. We are told to be thankful for what we have (our "blessings") and to help our fellow man, but then we are conditioned to lay unwarranted weight upon petty insignificancies and shallow desire. We talk about advancing the world, but every breath we take as mankind seems to lead us further into this disarray of natural worldly priority- preserving and protecting and progressing mankind.
