Our True Heroes

The definition of a hero is a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character. But who are our true heroes?

They are not those athletes we idolise and watch, cheer and celebrate and take every step and move with them. Our true heroes are those emergency services, military, vets, nurses, and our doctors. They are the ones that are on the front line and defending our lives every second, minute, hour, day, week, month and year. They are the ones trying to heal us and our loved ones including our pets.

My dad was a volunteer firefighter for over 17 years when we moved to Brisbane from Tasmania he retired from the service. I still know fireman working all around Tasmania and I know fireman in Brisbane as well. 

I personally know the sacrifices they make and how much work and dedication goes into doing the job. I also know firsthand the sacrifices that their family and friends make. The fear and the thought in the back of your mind ...  what if they don’t come home and what if something happens to them. These people are constantly on the front line, they go where you fear to be and or don’t want to be, they are the first responders. They see, hear and experience things that no one should. When you all leave your homes in a fire they are the ones that risk their own life and go in and try and save the homes, your possessions, your loved ones and your pets. 

Yes these people make the ultimate sacrifice... their own life. They put it on the line all the time, and yet they are treated with so much disrespect and harshness. They don’t get bravery awards and the gratitude and respect that they actually deserve and I for one am incredibly thankful and grateful for all that they do. THANK YOU.

Some may think that calling nurses, doctors and vets heroes is not right, said but I strongly disagree. Put it this way they are the ones that are in the surgeries trying to save lives and repair things that have been broken, smashed, pulled, have bullets and all kinds of things. They are working on our loved ones and trying to bring them back to us. Even if they are our pets some of them can be dangerous and you never know what an animal is going to do, is capable of doing in any one bit of time. 

Not only that but you see in the news so many times where our nurses and ambulance drivers are being attacked by people who are angry, under the influence, out of control of their own bodies. At the end of the day these people are just doing their job and they shouldn’t have to worry about being attacked or looking out for someone who is going to hurt them or anyone they are working with. 

A lot of our emergency services are made up from volunteers like our lifeguards. 

Let me put it this way, these people are mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, uncles, aunties, cousins and grandparents trying to make a difference in this world. They all have families at home waiting for them and the thing you should also remember these people could be one of your family. 

Don’t you wish they were all treated with decency and respect not abused, harassed, shot, killed or hurt? 

Yes I am aware that there are bad ones among them but I can guarantee that that is only a small number of them in the mix the rest are the good guys.