Heroes

Sometimes our heroes are people we've never met before. They come to a bouldering competition that you are working at and they limp up to you with a cane. You look down to see one ankle wrapped and the other foot adorned with a climbing shoe. He is smiling.

Sometimes heroes don't even know that they are heroes. The obstacles they are overcoming may be insignificant, or they might be mountainous. Whatever it may be, that person, and what and how they are fighting resonates with your soul.

Sometimes a downtrodden warrior will rise above the obstacle in his way; he might hobble up to the wall, take a deep breath, concentrate, jump, and then stick a dyno in front of a roaring crowd. He lands gracefully on his one good leg. He smiles; and I smile with him.