Hero.
Wow. I had to give this a few days. We would all like to be our own best friend. Our own best hero. We should, really. I daresay that many of us here at GSTF are! We have confidence, we do, we does.
Now, with all that nice stuff shoved aside, I want to point you into the direction of my mentor. Kathy Lynn Douglass. I'm going to give her a "Flower Smeller" award, now that I've gone "Public" so to speak.
She IS my hero. We each define "hero" in our own way.
Kathy taught me (and continues to teach me, for over 19 years now) to be real, but to also understand that choices have consequences.
She is brutally honest, truly brilliant and could give a flying flip about what anyone else thinks of her. She knows it doesn't matter.
She cares deeply about what people think -- this is the difference.
This is what she says on her profile: Right now I'm a dissident--fringe dweller--truth teller--psychic (Isn't everyone?)--earth lover. I am evolving--low maintenance--high confidence. Three million people on this planet have higher IQs than mine, and three billion people on this planet have greater incomes than mine. I have no worries.
Go read about my hero if you like.
http://profile.xanga.com/SuSu