Congratulations, it's a very beautiful story! I don't really have a hero but I have idols. Well, here in Spain we have some inspirational people that get you back the faith in human race. The person who inspires me to be a better person is Rafa Nadal, the tennis player. Apart from being a good tennis player, he has also a very good personality. He is so kind and helpful with others, and is a great example of what a good person is. Another person who inspires me is an italian mezzosoprano called Cecilia Bartoli, I've never seen a person enjoying like her as she is singing. And in interviews she is also very sensible and very rational. For the third question I've a very good anwer. My father died when I was 9 years old, and I always felt him by my side. Once, I was riding my bicycle through a narrow path and next to a hign slope. Suddenly I bumped into a stone, I was near to fall down the slope but instead of that I fell on a blackberry plant... In that moment, I felt that he was there to save me from that falling... It was magic, incredible and very touching. Sorry for my english, maybe is not very good!
Thanks so much, as always, for the thoughtful answer. The bit about your father is so heartwarming. I'm very sorry for your loss, but I'm glad that he's still with you and I'm sure he's very proud of you, Sara. And I guess idols are a kind of hero, too. By their example they show us our potential to be good people too and save us from becoming something worse. One of my greatest idols, and maybe even a hero, is my high school Romanian teacher, who taught me how to truly read literature and gave birth to this passion for writing and reading in me. I'll be forever grateful to her for that.
Great essay! It leaves so many questions though. How did he die? Why did everyone hate heros, was it just bad publicity? We’re there bad guy?
And why for fuck sakes didn’t his dad follow the safety rules we have in western Canada, where you have 2 anchor lines, and before you unhook one, you hook the other one on higher or lower, so you can leapfrog anchors and always be secure? Rookie mistake.
Rookie mistake, yeah! I read up on the procedure when I wrote the thing, as well as researching various accidents, and I decided to make it a pretty stupid mistake on the dad’s part.
I have to go take my fall arrest training recertification this week, coincidentally enough. Every three years the instructors do their best to put extreme fear of dying into you by talking about all of the people that screwed up and showing pictures of their accident scenes, so you remember to follow the rules.
Congratulations, it's a very beautiful story! I don't really have a hero but I have idols. Well, here in Spain we have some inspirational people that get you back the faith in human race. The person who inspires me to be a better person is Rafa Nadal, the tennis player. Apart from being a good tennis player, he has also a very good personality. He is so kind and helpful with others, and is a great example of what a good person is. Another person who inspires me is an italian mezzosoprano called Cecilia Bartoli, I've never seen a person enjoying like her as she is singing. And in interviews she is also very sensible and very rational. For the third question I've a very good anwer. My father died when I was 9 years old, and I always felt him by my side. Once, I was riding my bicycle through a narrow path and next to a hign slope. Suddenly I bumped into a stone, I was near to fall down the slope but instead of that I fell on a blackberry plant... In that moment, I felt that he was there to save me from that falling... It was magic, incredible and very touching. Sorry for my english, maybe is not very good!
Thanks so much, as always, for the thoughtful answer. The bit about your father is so heartwarming. I'm very sorry for your loss, but I'm glad that he's still with you and I'm sure he's very proud of you, Sara. And I guess idols are a kind of hero, too. By their example they show us our potential to be good people too and save us from becoming something worse. One of my greatest idols, and maybe even a hero, is my high school Romanian teacher, who taught me how to truly read literature and gave birth to this passion for writing and reading in me. I'll be forever grateful to her for that.
Great essay! It leaves so many questions though. How did he die? Why did everyone hate heros, was it just bad publicity? We’re there bad guy?
And why for fuck sakes didn’t his dad follow the safety rules we have in western Canada, where you have 2 anchor lines, and before you unhook one, you hook the other one on higher or lower, so you can leapfrog anchors and always be secure? Rookie mistake.
Rookie mistake, yeah! I read up on the procedure when I wrote the thing, as well as researching various accidents, and I decided to make it a pretty stupid mistake on the dad’s part.
I have to go take my fall arrest training recertification this week, coincidentally enough. Every three years the instructors do their best to put extreme fear of dying into you by talking about all of the people that screwed up and showing pictures of their accident scenes, so you remember to follow the rules.