Who is your hero? Maybe you have more than one? Some of us have heroes we know and love personally. Some of us have heroes we have never even met. But we all need heroes.

In 1995, I was interviewing with the CEO of a software company I would subsequently work for. He asked me a question I never  forgot. He said, “If you could sit on the bank of your beloved Buffalo River and talk with any three people, who would they be?” Honestly, I am not sure if I already knew the answer to that question or not. But, I know that I have never forgotten it since. “Jesus (bold in an interview), Sam Walton and Coach John Wooden”, I said.

I lost the last surviving hero to heaven recently as Coach Wooden went to see Jesus and his beloved wife Nell (“the only girl I ever went with”) at the perfect age of 99 years old. John Wooden was incredibly wise and oozed character. If you have a few minutes, check out his Pyramid of Success (http://www.erhoops.org/pdfs/John%20Woodens%20pyramid%20of%20success.pdf) or Google John Wooden quotes. You will be amazed by both.

So, who is your hero? What are you learning from him or her?

…and maybe I should ask, who are you a hero to?

“He who walks with the wise grows wise…”   Proverbs 13:20