I was following the Linus-Bonwick story on Jeff Bonwick’s blog, reading comments, some speculating ZFS’s coming to Linux, when I stumbled upon Alan Hargreaves’ blog. He was in China when the quake hit and he blogged about it. Among his posts was one that spoke about heroes, real ones. Heroes, unsung. Ordinary people who chose to be brave when it mattered. Perhaps being brave is NOT about NOT being scared; it is about standing by what you believe in and doing what you think is right. Here are five inspiring stories of people who made this world a beautiful place :
Yuan Wenting - Lest We Forget
Wang Guangxiang - Class, village, touched by longtime teacher
Zhang Jiachun - Their Man in Purple
Wang Gang - Son and husband remembered for making ultimate sacrifice
Parents grateful for time spent with boy
It made me ask myself - Did I ever do anything to make a difference? All of us get opportunities to do what we think is right, to follow our hearts. Time gets suspended for a brief moment giving us a chance to make a decision, a decision we do not make, a decision that could have made the difference. Perhaps we are not brave enough.
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