Another Hero Message

Wal Achmueller



"I've recently heard something like:
'Just be and do yourself - because everybody else has already been taken' (don't remember where)
I love that, because that is exactly what my 8th grade teacher Walde Ingrid has instilled in me, and it has often in life given me courage to be authentic - she was my hero."

Well whoever said that IS a HERO!

Thanks for reminding us to live our true lives Wal.

Remember who you are... a hero in disguise.

Terri Marie

Hero Message Runner-up Debbie Taitel

Another "Hero Message" - from runner-up Debbie Taitel





"When I was at a crossroads of making a decision many years ago, my Dad told me,

'Don't worry, whatever you decide, keep in mind there are no mistakes. It's a choice and there is no decision you make that can't be changed.' That simple statement has always given me the courage to make decisions in my life. Knowing they aren't written in stone and that whatever I decide it is right for me at that moment...and if it's not right, I can move forward in a different direction."

Thank you Debbie. You're a hero!

Another Great Hero Message

Here is runner-up Jodee Bock's great inspirational message:

"I talked to Marianne Williamson on her Oprah XM radio show once. I asked her how, when my company name is my name, I can keep from being in ego when I'm marketing my work. She told me to remember that I am the faucet and not the water. As soon as I start relating to the water, I'm in ego. So my true purpose is to be the best faucet I can be, so the water can flow through me. Thank you Marianne!"

Her message from Marianne helps you remember who you are - access to the unlimited abundance of the universe if we but rmember and choose.

And it also contains some great wisdom at the end - the power of Jodee's gratitude.

Thank you Jodee.

BEST HERO MESSAGE: Dana Boyle

Dana Boyle is the winner of the Best Hero Message - a message passed along from someone you consider a hero that had signifigant impact on your life.

Out of the hundreds of amazing messages, the message Dana sent in covered the essence of a hero - the hero's ability to act compeletly in the "Now" and do what is required at that particular moment in time.

Here is Dana's message:

"When I met Eunice Kennedy Shriver, she asked me what I wanted to do with my life and I was 18 and listed many things. She said, "I'm going to tell you what my mother told me and always remember it as you live your life. You can have and do everything you want in life, you just will not have and do it all at once. Celebrate each part of your life... as you are in it, appreciate and enjoy it, and resist wishing you were in a different part of it.”
Now that was powerful particularily for a young woman to hear and I do remember it."

The last line in Dana's submission did it.

The reasons this message was chosen are these:
1. It was given at a particularily influencial time in this person's life

2. "Celebrate your life" If we always remember to cherish every precious second of our life, then our life becomes a miracle of moments.

3. "Resist wishing you were in a different part of it." This is one of the most challenging things for us to do. Almost everyone wants life to be different that life currently is. But a hero does not run away from the moment. A hero faces whatever is right in front of them and deals heroically with it. I think that statement sums up the character of a true hero.

4. When a hero acts, a hero comes from that moment of power - the Now. A hero does what is perfect for the moment whatever that may be. lending a hand or a smile or saving a life whether his or her own or someone else's.

The advice Dana received and passed on is now yours to use.

"Celebrate Each Part of Your Life as You are in it"
"Appreciate it and enjoy it and resist wishing you were in a different part of it."

What great wisdom. A hero could not have said it better.

P.S. There were other stunningly important messages and I will pass along some of the runner up messages in a future post.