Day Forty-two: Heroism

When people think of courage they usually associate it with firefighters, the military and sometimes police. What about transients? They go to sleep every night not knowing if they will wake up. They eat miscellaneous food bits out of the garbage. Is there botulism on that? Only they have the courage to take that chance. How about prostitutes? They take risks of getting all kinds of life threatening diseases just to put a smile on the face of a few lonely people. Even if they practice safe sex they never know when they get in the vehicle if they will spend the next while floating down the river or rotting underneath some bushes. These are all good examples, but when I think of courage I always remember the guy standing in line at a busy Dairy Queen on the day of charity for the Children's Miracle Hospital and when the cashier asks him if he wants to donate a dollar to charity he says, "no, thanks".