HEROES
They stand out in bold print......we admire their ability to do what seems impossible, to do what we cannot or will not do. There are many heroes, and we derive inspiration and moral guidance from them. But I wonder if perhaps we often relax in the knowledge that they exist. Do we sometimes fail to follow through with our own little bits of heroic action? With a huge number of heroes from whom to choose, I would like to single out just a handful. It is my hope that at World Oceans Arts, we will use our special talents and opportunities to take the baton from them and help show the way to the world:
LUKE TERRY is a Tennessee teen who plays baseball, using only the one arm he has. He follows in the footsteps of major league players of the past including Jim Abbott and Pete Gray. They proved that a major disability, which affects everything a person does in life, does not have to make their greatest passion an impossibility.
JULIA MUNSLOW, outgoing Editor-in-Chief of The Emory Wheel in Georgia. Her excellent Senior Reflection in the April 25 issue details how she had to face uphill battles in order to do what every journalist should do: find the truth. In these times of rampant deception and misleading information from every direction, her persistence and integrity are to be greatly admired.
DAVID HOGG and so many other students, teachers, staff and families in Parkland, Florida. Barely an adult (for only a month!), David has already galvanized worldwide attention and a call for action in a horrible situation which no child and no family should ever have to face. This brave community of heroes has awakened the conscience of a nation where we proclaim ourselves to be the shining light for the world, yet we kill and terrorize more of our own people and communities than does any other affluent, well-educated nation.
BEHCETS DISEASE VICTIMS -- as many as twenty thousand in North America, and hundreds of thousands in Turkey and many countries. They suffer from a disease whose unpredictability, painful effects and invisibility in the world make their plight much more challenging than just being chronically 'sick'. World Oceans Arts reaches out to every one of you to inform yourself about Behcet's. Please tell your friends and followers about how important it is, and use Behcet's Awareness Day (May 20) to do whatever you are capable of doing, in order to make life a bit easier for a Behcet's patient, or to support those who work hard to find treatments and cures. Do any of us really have the right to avoid helping out, when so many fellow humans are suffering in silence? Please read more on our front page and follow the link to make your own contribution to this highly important cause.
--James Gibson
LUKE TERRY is a Tennessee teen who plays baseball, using only the one arm he has. He follows in the footsteps of major league players of the past including Jim Abbott and Pete Gray. They proved that a major disability, which affects everything a person does in life, does not have to make their greatest passion an impossibility.
JULIA MUNSLOW, outgoing Editor-in-Chief of The Emory Wheel in Georgia. Her excellent Senior Reflection in the April 25 issue details how she had to face uphill battles in order to do what every journalist should do: find the truth. In these times of rampant deception and misleading information from every direction, her persistence and integrity are to be greatly admired.
DAVID HOGG and so many other students, teachers, staff and families in Parkland, Florida. Barely an adult (for only a month!), David has already galvanized worldwide attention and a call for action in a horrible situation which no child and no family should ever have to face. This brave community of heroes has awakened the conscience of a nation where we proclaim ourselves to be the shining light for the world, yet we kill and terrorize more of our own people and communities than does any other affluent, well-educated nation.
BEHCETS DISEASE VICTIMS -- as many as twenty thousand in North America, and hundreds of thousands in Turkey and many countries. They suffer from a disease whose unpredictability, painful effects and invisibility in the world make their plight much more challenging than just being chronically 'sick'. World Oceans Arts reaches out to every one of you to inform yourself about Behcet's. Please tell your friends and followers about how important it is, and use Behcet's Awareness Day (May 20) to do whatever you are capable of doing, in order to make life a bit easier for a Behcet's patient, or to support those who work hard to find treatments and cures. Do any of us really have the right to avoid helping out, when so many fellow humans are suffering in silence? Please read more on our front page and follow the link to make your own contribution to this highly important cause.
--James Gibson
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