>And we'd be so much better if we'd recognize that a non-heroic life is just as good as any other. This is something I've struggled to come to terms with. But

>And we'd be so much better if we'd recognize that a non-heroic life is just as good as any other. This is something I've struggled to come to terms with. But looking at my grandpa as an example, he had some plaques and things commemorating him in his local community after he died. He wasn't a hero and he didn't change the world (outside of, by all accounts, being a decent dad and husband), but he was an invested and involved member of his local community. I'm not the local community type (like being nomadic too much) but my parallel is contributing work to open source projects I use. It's not heroic or a big life goal, but it'll leave the open source community very slightly better than it would have been without me, and that's something.