Where have all the heroes gone ?

I am a sceptic when it comes to many things that we are expected not to question. It's almost as if there is a little child who sits in the corner of my head asking " Why?" all the time. And I usually like to answer her. She asks why the world is so desolate of heroes ."Where are they ?", she says, staring blankly at me. And why we don't want to help anyone if it isn't for personal gain. Why can't we sit down and talk? I try to say that the world doesn't work like that, it's just how things are. But then realise that maybe I'm the one who is in the wrong.

Maybe I've turned into a villain by telling her this. Where have the Good Samaritans gone to? No doubt in Tahiti on vacation. The plane is probably delayed. They'll be back soon, right ?  

No ,they won't. We need to be those people now .

I say all of these pessimistic things because under all the grime and the dirt I believe that there is hope .  A hope that will never die. Someone once said that if we see a problem, don't sit on your laurels and complain - Do something !!

 I have an answer for the little girl - The heroes aren't gone. They are within us, we just need to give them a super-power.