See Also:
Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Jane Addams Story.
Life Lesson #63 – Do What You Must Do.
One day Robbie’s father lost his job, and without a job, he could no longer pay his bills. As much as they hated to, they had to sell their nice house and move into a small trailer. After a while, his dad got another good job, and that’s when the whole family including Robbie got together and had a meeting. Robbie’s dad said that if everyone would be willing to live in that small trailer for a whole year, they could save enough money to buy a house even bigger and better than their first house. Robbie and his mom said, “I think we can do that!”
A few weeks later, Robbie invited a friend over after school. His friend thought it was cool that Robbie lived in that little trailer. But the next day at school, the boy started telling everybody that Robbie lived in a little camper that you could just pull behind a car. Robbie’s friend started teasing him and saying, “Hey camper-boy, how many rooms does your house have?” Another boy said, “One, but hey, it’s got wheels in the basement!”
Well, that’s when Rebecca walked up. She just looked at them for a moment, and then she said. “When I was little, my family lived in a camper for two years because my dad lost his job.”
One of the boys said, “No way! You live in like a mansion or something!”
“Not then,” she said. “Look, why don’t you try HELPING him instead of hurting him?” Then she turned and left. “HEROES HELP others—they don’t hurt others,” she said as she walked away.
Well, the boys had not thought about how much it must hurt Robbie’s feelings for them to say such things. That afternoon they told Robbie they were sorry, and they started being Robbie’s friends again instead of hurting him. They decided that day to start becoming HEROES instead.
– Jim Lord