“Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go”. Bernard Malamud, American Author.
That was our quote  today from AP and it got me thinking about the heroes around us every day. I’m thinking of the ordinary people who face up to extraordinary challenges thrown at them in the moment, or those who see a need in their community, country or planet and give way more than most of us do. That applies to an article in the Contra Costa Times today in their Monday Profile about Oakland based investment adviser Karl Mills. Seven years ago he was asked to take the full-time, unpaid position of President of the San Francisco Opera. He’d helped his investment firm grow from 130 million to assets of around $3-billion. The new job would have an enormous impact on his families finances, but he jumped at the chance and in two years time turned the opera’s $7.6 million deficit around to a $25-thousand dollar surplus. He called it an expensive, but rewarding experience. Heroes are all around us. None of them fly, or wear capes, but they are heroes never the less. I found more rewarding stories at CNN.com as they search for heroes and you can read more about them and nominate your own here.

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