What is a role-model

What is a role-model?

I have fictional and non-fictional role models. Of course, I have to start with god. He loves me when im not so loveable. There is mom and dad. Mom is a awsome listener and person to get advice about girls and what go's threw there heads to make them do what they do. And dad is someone who is always willing to toss around a ball or play some playstation with. My brother cody is possibley the best friend a guy could ask for and is a great leader, not to mention the thrill I get off playing softball with him every monday night during the summer. Theres Dave Mize, and what an great police officer and friend he has been to me, even after I broke up with his little girl. Theres George Henderson and the great stories he has accomponied with the encouragement he gives me every sunday. There is my youth leaders who have some of the most amazing amounts of patients I have ever seen. They are all some of the first people I turn to when my life seems to be spinning out of control. When I play softball I try to play the game like Ryan Freel of the Cincinnati Reds plays. He is a blue coller, all out husle type of player. He is not someone who will when a mvp award, but he has won many games, just by playing hard and giving it all he has. For those of you who watch 24, how could you not want to be like Jack Bauer? I mean the guys like a rock. But for now, im going to talk about another hero/ role model in the law enforcement field. Andy Taylor. What a great sherriff, a great father to his son, and overall a great human being. He gets it. He knows what being a police officer is all about. He had it kinda easy I most say, seeing that mayberry is probley only 100 or so people big, but still. He was professional with everyone he came into contact with. He understands what a lot of police officers dont these days. If you go out and write 24 tickets in your 8 hour shift, i dont think you have done a good job. Theres a time and a place to do traffic enforcement, but at some point you need to get abck into the subdivisions, roll your window down, drive about 15 mph, and do some crime pervention. I would rather pervent someone from breaking into someones house then to write a ticket to someone for driving 10 miles over the limit. Andy Taylor was a good father to his son. He treated his son with respect, and his son still knew who the boss was. This was tv, and i dont think any kid today would be that well behaved or what not but still i think parents today could take a note, and i hope i can do that someday. Im not really sure why i wrote this, but i did. Hope you enjoyed. And if your every wanting to watch some andy grffith, I know its on at 2 and 2:30 everyday on the WB. Later