These are things we all want, yes; however, what we DESERVE is determined by how we act and how we treat others. For example, if you pay somebody a visit with the intention of ending their life and you succeed, then I think it'd be fair to say that you probably DESERVE to spend the rest of your life behind bars, no matter the circumstance (other than self-defense, of course!).
I don't know what your definition of a hero is, but seeing is how the real world lacks genetically-altered super-humans or mutants, my definition of a hero is as follows: somebody who selflessly treats other the way they NEED to be treated as opposed to the way they DESERVE to be treated. For example, when somebody does something wrong by you or hurts you in some way, your instinct is to retaliate; however, when you can control that urge and make the decision to treat that person with the love, support, and acceptance that they truly need in order to get over whatever bump it is in their life that may be causing them to act this way towards you in the first place, then that makes you a hero in my book.
Doing this will make you feel better in two ways: First, you are allowing whatever stress of the offense that the person has put on you to just roll off your shoulders. Second, you will feel secure in knowing that you are doing all you can to help this person who is in obvious need of those three needs.
It ain't easy to do this, I know, but if everybody treated everybody else like this then the world would be a perfect place and we wouldn't need heroes because everyone would be a hero.
Epilogue:
To those who make it a personal goal in life to do treat others the way they NEED to be treated as opposed to how they DESERVED to be treated (you probably know who you are), thank you because somewhere you've made a difference in somebody's life- including mine.
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