8- What it takes to be a hero

When you ask kids what a hero is, most of them would answer:
someone wearing a cape or a super suit with flashy logos

well if kids consider these heroes, I don't think they get what makes up a real hero. A hero is someone willing to sacrifice something, all for the greater good of the others. They are the ones who know what is the price needed to be paid in order for righteous justice be served.
But that's wrong too. if a hero means you would have to go through extra ordinary lengths just to be recognize as one then, only a special selected few would be called heroes. We all have what it takes  to be a hero. Our OFW's are infact considered heroes. We also have the Police, Firemen, Nurses, and Doctors. they are our average ordinary everyday heroes. They help our world bit by bit in their own special way. They are the ones who protect and serve for our peace.

Few people have passed the trial by fire when the spaniards were here. And fewer still were the ones who have shown their unrelenting desire to turn to the tides of war just to give us back the country that we so undeservingly inherited. They fought for freedom, and if we were asked to do the same now we would simply refuse. So is this what a hero is? to sacrifice without hesitation.

I believe that what a hero is is what the purpose of his deeds were, rather than what deed he performed. If you simply died for the country for a useless and unethical cause, then you would be considered as a heretic. Rather than an actual hero you would be confirmed as a rebel.

A hero as the stories have said:
A hero is kind
A hero is understanding
A hero will punish those who have wronged others
A hero will always prevail( those who do not are called martyrs)
A hero is someone willing to sacrifice anything for the good of the many

If we were to follow these standards as heroes then non of us are worthy to be entitled a true hero.