Let me be clear.

I have never fought in any war, or known any real hardship or protested injustice…I mean really protested…not simply donated to a charity just to get the telemarketer off the line.

I have never carried a friend to safety or shared my last cigarette with a dying man. I’ve never performed life saving surgery with a pocket knife or taken a bullet for a member of a royal family.  (And on that…I really don’t think it should simply be left up to the monarchists. Sure, if there is a monarchist around who can do it, then he or she should do it. I would be pretty upset if I took the bullet and found out later there was a monarchist standing beside me who made no attempt.)

The list of things I have never done is endless. It’s not that I haven’t ever done something…I’m sure I have.

I don’t want a medal. Or a certificate or even my name in the paper.

What I do want is a little respect. Respect for standing up and proudly saying “I’ve done nothing great or grand but then, I have never stood in the way of someone who has.”

…and that’s got to count for something.