Hero Worship?

For this entry I want to talk about everyone's favorite tv personality Glenn Beck.
I've only been a fan of Beck's for going on two years now,about three years ago I found one of his booka at the libraray here in town and decided to read it since it seemed to reflect som eof my own opinions. I hadn't heard of Glenn then and to be honest as much as I enjoyed the book I quickly forgot HIM soon after,just kinda tucked him nto the category of interesting people that I'll never hear of again. Yeah,little did I know,right? LOL!
So why Glenn as my subject? Well,obviously,I've rediscovered him,thanks to Fox News,I watch him daily and occasionally look at his website or watch a clip of his radio show when I find a topic of interest from it. I have come to realize that I share nearly every opinion about the state of politics in our nation as he does and as such he has encouraged me to learn more about our country's history and to be more concerned about what our politicians are trying to do to to alter our country.

All of that is useful to you,dear reader,to understand that I am truly a fan and fond of Mr.Beck. I am grateful to him for his untiring efforts to expse those who seek to subvert the country and the Constitution and so upon hearing the news that his vision is failing him and may indeed be going blind I was hurt. I can think of no other modern man who has put so much of himself into works that so many have attacked him over. I wonder why they attack him,what is he doing that's so hateful? I often am at a loss to explain that.
Glenn losing his sight isn't the end of the world and isn't going to be the end of the fight to rid ourselves of those in power that care to use it an the exact opposite manner that they should.
To me and others Glenn is our hero,he brought light to our eyes and helped us to turn our digust and even anger at these politicians and others into something far more useful than just irritation,he's encouraged us to get up off the couch and go out and be active in the community and to BE the change we all wanna see!

So,WHY Glenn? Why should my "hero" get such great news? Well I guess it should be why not but that's pretty damn hard to do when it's someone you hold in such regard. Glenn's not the first person I've known of to suffer this type of conditions I have an inkling of what he's up against with this becuase of my experience with someone that suffered something like this.
He'll likely eventually be quite blind,my friend's eyesight wasn't gone but she had no central vision at all and was at the mercy of others when it came to such tasks as grocery shopping. No kind of life for a woman that had been a schoolteacher in her younger years.
I suppose that it's because of this fine lady that I feel so for Glenn,I know what will happen to him eventually and I just don't want that for him. He's so much a dynamo of positive energy and it seem slike such a pity to lose that amazing force.

Glenn,I salute you and your good works sir and I hope that you'll be able to continue with those works with or without your eyes! Thanks for being the voice for positivity,you've helped me to realize that even MY voice can help to make a difference.