Comments on: Female heroes are missing?

By: venagozar

venagozar — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:00:48 +0000

I believe we all have a purpose in our lives, something important we should do. It may take us years to find it though. On the downside, my experience is we are not always ready for whatever that is. We are the piece of steel that has not yet been changed.

To get ready, we need to go through some deep, and sometimes painful soul searching. If we give up, we will not be able to be effective when the time comes. We have to find our core true self.

For some of us those times are devastating, and may take decades to get through. Only our true character will get us through these times and what we must endure. If we persist, and abide, we come out the other side with the tools we will need for our real life purpose, and the universe aligns to our purpose. That’s how I see it anyway. Thank you.

By: Marion Jones

Marion Jones — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:15:58 +0000

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By: Hero #3 of 30 - Scheherazade « The Hero Workshop

Hero #3 of 30 - Scheherazade « The Hero Workshop — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:50:34 +0000

[...] by Matt Langdon on November 3rd, 2007 The Venagozar blog picked up the recent conversations about female heroes and made a great [...]

By: Matt Langdon

Matt Langdon — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:06:32 +0000

I hope you’re right too. I just can’t help but believe there were ulterior motives for her coming out now. Is her career over because she couldn’t get the steroids as secretly with all the scrutiny? Was it over because of age and she wants some more attention? With the desperate need to win and be the centre of the world shown before, it’s easy to think she has shallow motives again.

By: venagozar

venagozar — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:04:52 +0000

I agree with you, I would not put Marion Jones out there yet for any young person to admire and emulate. I may be too optimistic, but I would like to believe that Marion Jones came clean on her steroid use because her true character will no longer allow her to live the lie any longer. Hopefully she truly understands what living a lie does to one’s life. Following that line, I am hoping that as she is no longer living a lie, she will find ways to become what she should have been all these years, and that is a role model and hero for women and girls. I do hope I am not writing you at a future date, and declaring I made a serious judgement error on the purpose of Marions Jones’ confession.

By: Matt Langdon

Matt Langdon — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:28:44 +0000

Thanks for the reference, and what a great post. I especially like your last sentence.

However, I have to disagree with labeling Marion Jones as a hero. What she has done is the opposite of heroism. I can only assume you’re talking about her admission that she used steroids. Surely the admission of doing something wrong (after denying direct accusations in the past) does not make someone a hero. I find it despicable that she lied for years about a wrongdoing and no “heartfelt” apology is going to gloss that over.

I’d love to hear your thoughts.