Monday, May 2, 2011

May the second?!

24 hours have already passed me by?! I think I've --- I interrupt this blogcast to note that "don't stop believin" has just come on my pandora. Anyway, I think I haven't followed my own advice for far too long. I think I'm just living life on auto pilot, on default. I need to change that. I need to start living life on purpose, deliberately. My country has just produced a major success that cost more than time and effort. So I think I can produce a minor success each and every day hereafter.

Our leader sure makes us all feel proud to be American whether we support him or not. I realized or remembered tonight that it doesn't matter who you are or where youre from or what your birth certificate states, you can produce results and prove yourself worthy. But I also learned something else about courage and bravery:

At one time I was flattered enough to have a nickname of 'superman' because of my glasses and hair I guess. It didn't go to my head but it did make me think about what I might have in common with the greatest of superheros other than glasses and a decent haircut. I asked myself if I would have what it takes to do something heroic like superman. Would I be able to bolt into a burning building? Would I be willing to take a bullet for someone I didn't know in a bank robbery? Would I be brave or strong enough to do any of these or other possibly detrimental things to care for others? I think so, actually. And this begs the question, would Clark Kent? If he weren't indestructible and all powerful, would he still be so strong and brave? Perhaps. But, we'll never know.

I just find comfort in knowing that bravery is not measured solely by what you fight for, but also by what you stand to lose in the fight. A real 'superman' stands to lose more than he has to gain in any challenge.

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