Being a Superhero in Today's Crazy World

I, like a lot of other people, while growing up, got the chance to watch a number of superhero cartoons. One of the movies I had when I was little was this sweet, sweet Superman video. He was the best. He would fly, use his freeze breath and heat eyes and he was super strong. He saved the world on a regular basis. He was easily my favorite superhero back in the day. When I'd get done watching those videos I'd want to save the world. These days I feel like I'm still trying to save the world. There is this awesome slam poem that has a couple of verses that sums up how I feel.....

" I can't stop, that's why I'm hot
Determination, dedication, motivation
I'm talking to you, my many inspirations
When I say I can't, let you or self down
If I were of the highest cliff, on the highest riff
And you slipped off the side and clinched on to your life in my grip
I would never, ever let you down
And when these words are found
Let it been known that God's penmanship has been signed with a language called love
That's why my breath is felt by the deaf
And why my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind
I, too, dream in color and in rhyme
So I guess I'm one of a kind in a full house
Cuz whenever I open my heart, my soul, or my mouth
A touch of God reigns out"

The part the particualarly jumps out at me is the part that talks about never letting you down. That's where the superhero kicks in my friends. I want to be that superhero reaching out on top of the cliff and pulling that person in distress up to safety. There's only one small drawback about that.... I can't always be there at the cliff for people sometimes or if I'm there I don't have the strength to pull them up. That's why now a days I feel like I connect a lot better with Spiderman. He has a lot on his plate, yet he still tries to balance his entire universe including his family, school and the girl, Mary Jane. There are times that he fails the city, by retiring for a while or when he has to make a tough choice and instead of being logical and picking one he picks both risking himself. I see a lot of myself in that. I'm not at a point right now where I'm willing to step away from anything. I'll cut and rip things away from myself to help my fellow man out... for the most part.

So you see, there might actually be superheros walking around among us after all. They don't have to wear capes, have super human strength, or x-ray vision; they could just be Joe or Jill Schmoe trying to make the world a better place by helping people out.

This may seem kind of hokey, I know, but you can change the world everyday. We all have the capability to make one person's world incredibly better or worse with just a few kind or harsh words. That's all it really takes.

So let me recap all of this for all 4 of you that will read this... I'm kind of a superhero because I try and help people out with little regard to myself, have denied myself the girl for a while and my heart is softening to that idea, my supervillian that I'm fighting could be the devil I guess. The only thing I'm missing are the tights and the superpowers.... ok, ok, all I'm missing are the super powers. I don't think thats something I can develop over night. There aren't too many radioactive spiders running around my neck of the woods. So until then I'll just have to keep on praying and using my God given talents to make it through each and every day with my sanity in tact.

On a final note, to all those other aspiring superheros out there, including myself.... You can't do it all. Even Spiderman and Superman had times where they couldn't save everyone all the time. You don't have to be everywhere at all times. Take some time out to just plain enjoy life. You can't be everyone's savior.... some guy already beat you to that title. Just take everything one day at a time and take each day one moment at a time. I know sometime soon when someone is hanging off the side of the cliff with their life/problem in my grip I'm going to let them down... but take consolation that if I do that I'll jump after you and try and figure out a way to keep you from falling all the way down while we're on that long fall down. The beauty is that we'll all get to learn something from it and we'll be able to take that new piece of wisdom with us to the next day.

"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring it's own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today."
-Matthew 6:34

"Since a dull ax requires great strength, SHARPEN THE BLADE. That's the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed."
-Ecclesiastes 10:10