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My Everyday Hero Simón Olave 3o Secundaria
6 An everyday hero is someone that is willing to help
was an important factor for him doing this is the
and perform acts of kindness when it’s needed. For
fact that he has the strong personality and the
me, heroes are everywhere. You never know what
great mentality to keep going until results are
the people you walk next to on the street have
achieved. Even though he had really low chances to
gone through or what they have done during their
accomplish what he proposed himself to do, he
lifetime.
turned the table around and made the impossible
Everyone
has
their
reasons
to
be
considered a hero, from giving money to a
In conclusion, even though you think you can’t
money to a foundation. I think even giving a pen to
pursue your dreams, you can make them come true,
a classmate when he needs it can still be
but you need to keep persistence and keep your
considered an act of kindness, not necessarily a
head up with a great mentality. Take a quick look at
hero, but you start from somewhere.
the people we all consider role models for their
For example, Nelson Mandela can be considered
heroic acts nowadays: Mandela, Malala, Gandhi to
not only an everyday hero, but a hero led alone due
mention some of them. All of them started from
to his acts. He worked hard for thirty years to
nowhere, all of them were small people with big
pursue his dream and tear down a political
dreams, but all of them, thanks to their dedication
constitution, and while being a small man with a big
and persistence, were able to get to what they
dream this can be really time consuming. He left
considered their finish line. Take all of these
everything behind to make his thoughts a reality:
examples and reflect on what your chances are of
tear down the Apartheid. I think it is incredible what
accomplishing your dreams, are they low? Then take
he did for being a simple man starting from
into consideration that hard work and dedication
scratch, being part of a minority group and then
always turn around the probabilities.
becoming a noticed all over the world! What I think 98
possible.
homeless person to donating large amounts of
