Fifty Ways You Can Be A Hero

Greetings Leaders…

I just posted a blog called Where Have All Our Heroes Gone. Now… the call for action. I am calling on you to be a hero. We need more heroes today, and yes, you can be a hero! Being a hero doesn’t mean selling all your possessions, going on a hunger strike or joining the Peace Corps. Being a hero means using your gifts to benefit someone else.

Have you ever thought about your gifts? Some of you may feel as if you don’t have gifts. We all have gifts, including you. I’m not talking about talent… but gifts. At times I wish I had more talent. I wish I could sing, be more athletic, play a musical instrument, draw, dance or take beautiful pictures. However, there are other gifts that sometimes get overlooked in our hedonistic society.

The following are gifts that I learned about at church. Leadership, Administration, Helping, Compassion, Building, Craftsmanship, Healing, Wisdom, Teaching, Organizing, Spiritual Teaching and Knowledge. Which gift do you have and how can you use it to become a hero?

Here are some things you can do to become a hero!

1. Volunteer at a charity
2. Organize a community farmer’s market
3. Volunteer at the library or in the classroom as a tutor
4. Make things for people less fortunate. Including scrapbooks, clothes, quilts.
5. Volunteer at Homes for Humanity
6. Give money to a charity, or to someone less fortunate
7. Call someone who needs a friend
8. Start a blog about a passion that you have
9. Stay home from work to play with your kids
10. Help your kids with their homework
11. Never use harsh words
12. Lift someone up by paying them a compliment
13. Look for the good and not the bad in people
14. Exhibit grace to someone who you think has wronged you
15. Spend the entire afternoon with your family
16. Call a friend you haven’t seen awhile and take them out to lunch
17. Call your parents and tell them that you love them
18. Call your kids and tell them that you love them
19. Give someone a hug today
20. Donate your time to help someone with a job search
21. Sponsor a child at World Vision
22. Get involved in your local community
23. Start a neighborhood watch program
24. Stop by the fire station and drop off some cookies
25. Babysit your neighbors kids so they can have a night out
26. Take your spouse out to a nice dinner
27. Look inwards before you criticize someone
28. Visit someone at a nursing home
29. Donate your Christmas money to others who are more needy
30. Invite someone over for Thanksgiving
31. Sponsor an exchange student
32. Make some lunch bags with neighbors and then go driving around a poor part of town and give them to the homeless
33. Get some blankets and distribute them to the homeless. It is going to be winter soon.
34. Go help your elderly neighbor with their computer
35. If a mechanic, offer to fix your neighbor’s car
36. Give free swimming or soccer lessons.. or whatever sport you might do
37. Organize a block party
38. Organize a night out with friends
39. Have an open house…. just because
40. Work on your marriage
41. Work on self-improvement
42. Learn a new skill that will enable you to help others. Take CPR
43. Work on being a better parent
44. Get involved in church
45. Turn off the TV and/or video games and start engaging with your family
46. Work less, engage more
47. Listen, really listen to someone’s story
48. Mow someones lawn
49. Make dinner for a family that suffered a loss
50. Believe in yourself and become a Hero!!!!

There are tons of ways to be a hero. You just have to take action.

All the best!
All the time!
JT