There are no heroes.

That was a reaction I had to some news. Meditating on this phrase for just a moment I take the meaning to be: men are faliable and flawed and are not to be worshiped. We should look elsewhere for inspiration and guidance in our lives.

While we shouldn’t perform any hero worship to these flawed people, we should aspire towards the idealized hero myth. Those myths exist for a reason. We see the potential for greatness in ourselves.

We should aspire to be like Hercules.