That's What Makes You That Guy

So I was watching a movie tonight and got a great quote from it.  The one character, a young, know-it-all punk-kid asked the older character, a long-time police officer, why he does it.  Why does he put his life on the line and why does he continue to get that crap kicked out of him for people he doesn’t know, nor like?  The older character simply said, “I’m doin’ it now because there’s no one else to do it.”  The young guy replied, “That’s what makes you that guy.”

He wasn’t speaking to him based on the typical “that guy” connotation… he was saying it in a positive way.  The young character was telling the older character that he was brave and heroic, and that he wished he was that way.

Do you live in a way that makes you that guy?  Are you brave and heroic?  Do you live your life in a way that encourages others to be brave and heroic?  Do you encourage others to live outside themselves, to push their limits, so that they become brave and heroic?

Man up!