Heroism – Heather Cox Richardson

This is what we need today… Oh Lord, this is what we need…

I came to believe that heroism is neither being perfect, nor doing something spectacular. In fact, it’s just the opposite: it’s regular, flawed human beings choosing to put others before themselves, even at great cost, even if no one will ever know, even as they realize the walls might be closing in around them. — Heather Cox Richardson in her Martin Luther King Day Reflection on Substack