'A hero's aspirations are often shaped by what has happened to a neighbor, a stranger — a fellow human being,' writes Wallis Annenberg for CNNOpinion. 'In other words, heroes are very often motivated by empathy.'
Watch"CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," hosted by Anderson Cooper and Kelly Ripa on Sunday, December 8 at 8 p.m. ET. Wallis Annenberg is CEO of the Annenberg Foundation which collaborates with CNN Heroes and provides training and development support for the heroes. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion at CNN.
December is a time to take stock of the year gone by. We look back, congratulating ourselves for the good we've already achieved and identifying those goals to which we're still aspiring. Often, we're grateful that a whole new year lies before us, offering a path to fulfilling those very aspirations — if only we'll take the necessary action.
Wallis AnnenbergBut no matter how sure we are what it is we want to accomplish, so many of us become paralyzed. Our fear of the unknown keeps us stuck. Where do we start? How can one person make a difference? What if we fail? That's why so very often, we don't act until a crisis kicks us in the rear. And then there are the heroes among us. They don't wait until they're kicked in the rear. They don't lie around dreaming about what they'd do"if only.
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