My Heroes

“I grew up a-dreamin’ of bein’ a cowboy,
And lovin’ the cowboy ways.
Pursuin’ the life of my high-ridin’ heroes,
I burned up my childhood days.”

But my heroes have not always been cowboys. I am drawn to the story tellers and humorists like Baxter Black, Garrison Keeler, Ron Owen and Andy Rooney. These people who can paint a picture with their words and double you over with their wit…they are who I really look up to. Their stories with an element of truth smothered in poetic license and mixed with sarcasm appeal to me and attract me like a bee to honey. I could listen to them for hours on end. Unlike our revered celebrities and sports heroes, that I find listening to extremely painful. Maybe they only qualify for an interview if they have a room temperature IQ…or less. No wonder our country is in the mess it’s in…if our children hold these people up as there heroes.


“Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow–movin’ dreams”



Dear Lord, help us all get a grip on reality.
Amen



8/30/2008