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Super Hero

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 How Super Are You?  (Hint: I Know You are Pretty Super)

we are all superman
There is a Superman inside each of us

Who hasn’t imagined at some point in their lives that they were a superhero like Superman? Of course, we all have looked at the superpowers of Superman and wondered what life would be like with that power. But, amazingly, so many people don’t see the powers they possess—strength, character, and a commitment to truth and justice.

Hiding Our Inner Superman

My fascination with superheroes has been lifelong, but I would never have admitted it because I never wanted people to know what Clark Kent really was. Hiding my inner thoughts to avoid being detected by society and putting them at risk of destruction.  There is an easy connection from everyone’s mind to the Superman folk tale because we have all lived it in one way or another. Yes, we are all Supermen (or women).

Even though we don’t have “superpowers,” or at least I don’t, there is an inner talent that we are all born with, which is unique and totally yours.  This is something that may be

there is a clark kent in us too
We all hide our own Clarke Kent identity

artistic and creative or really anything that is uniquely you.  Our lives tend to make us hide this “true identity” from the world. The duplicitous nature seems to exist in many people’s lives and allows us to relate to our superheroes from a very young.  We all had to act “well behaved” in certain circumstances and not like our normal wild heathen selves.  Our Clark Kent personalities were for Sundays and special occasions. Our superhero side came out every other time of day.

Like Superman, We all Have Kryptonite

An even deeper psychological connection exists between all people and Superman, and that is because we all have Kryptonite.  Kryptonite represents Superman’s childhood, his beginning, and it can destroy him. If anyone finds out about his origins, then you may destroy him.  How many people have felt the same way? Our own childhoods, good or bad, tend to provide us with the same quandary. If people knew about them, then they may not like us or reject us and, in effect, destroy us.  Much like Superman and Kryptonite, we are all afraid of our past, and that fear may ultimately lead to our destruction.

To most people, Superman’s idea is that even though he has a past and just might be destroyed, he still takes on the danger of doing what is right.  This, I believe, is the part of the folk tale that we all hope we can adopt.  There are continuous opportunities daily to “Do the right thing,” even if it is not easy.  Knowing what is right and doing what is right is a problem that has perplexed man since there was first a significant thought. However, despite all of this, there are still people who choose to take the high road, regardless of their cost.  These are the superheroes that do exist, and probably at one point in their very young lives, tied a blanket around their neck and jumped from the top of the couch, believing they could fly.

You will Fly Again

Even if you have fallen at one point in life or even two or ten, there is still a power of

fly like superman
If you have ever made your own cape, you believed in Superman

goodness within you that can rise again. The superhero can dust off the cape and remember the things that make them powerful and unique individuals. Choosing the path that is right for you can start each day anew. Superman can rise again today.

Some will tell you that Superman never existed, and the stories are just entertainment; others will hear this diagnosis, smile, and never reveal the truth. But, Superman exists as much as you want him to, inside every one of us.

 

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The Time Is Right for Right

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When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?

by Jonathan Hilton  Day 25

when_is_it_time_to_stop_calculating_risk_and_rewards_and_judt_do_what_you_know_is_rightIt seems that everybody in the world operates on a risk and reward model on which they base their actions on the chance of being rewarded or punished for the outcome of their actions.

Yet I say that the time is always right to act regardless of the risk or reward and this is why.

Right Makes Now The Right Time

All people make mistakes and have to regroup and learn lessons from those mishaps. Yet when it comes to right behavior, it is the responsibility of each individual to make a choice, and that choice is going to color your experience.

Martin-Luther-King-Jr-The-time-is-always-right-to-do-what-is-right-Framed-Quote-709 If you know something to be right and refuse to act still, the hesitation can only be defined as wrong.  What repercussion could be more devastating than making a conscious choice to not do the right thing.

There may be a price to pay when this happens but the price that you pay by not acting is much worse because it will affect your life in a negative way.

Many people believe that the energy that you emanate is created by the choices you make.  I tend to believe that in my own experience there is no wrong time to tell the truth or to do the right thing.

Any time I have failed to do these things, and I have failed often, the results were not favorable. Now is the time to stop calculating the cost and do what you know is right.

This Is What Lying Is

Isn’t this question the reason anybody ever lies? The risk and reward of truth vs a lie is the careful scale that every thought and statement is weighed on before we speak or record it to share with someone else.

I was once told that it is nearly impossible to go through a day without telling a lie of some tumblr_m4rh91ieDR1qch7b8o1_1280kind.  I didn’t believe it, but started to pay attention to all of my thoughts and actions.   I found that I was telling several lies without even realizing it.

In one situation, a friend called to do something and I didn’t want to hurt their feelings so I said I had to work late.  A lie, but one that I didn’t have to tell.  It was my perception that the reward of a bit of time to myself was worth the risk of telling a lie to a good friend.

 The truth would have been just as effective yet I still let that lie flow with no initial regret at all.  So what’s the harm, it is just to keep the peace.  Why hurt someone’s feelings unnecessarily?  That is what I questioned at the time.

As time goes by I think that one lie will inevitably lead to another, and maybe the next time you will use another rationale to justify it.  Even if it is bigger and maybe a little harmless.  Often this seems to be the path people start to travel as they justify not only lies but downright meanness.  By justifying it based on some arbitrary factor.

 I heard one person justifying treating someone badly because “they were rich”, also for “Being on Welfare”  Although this person obviously had some problems and blocks around finances, once you start to justify poor behavior for any reason, the reasons for acting poorly increase.

Why is This Important

The main reason why all of this doing the right thing is important is that in a world where imageswe are bombarded with the misdeeds of many in the mainstream media, the fact is that our honesty and good decision-making is something the we each have a personal choice in each and every day.

In everything that I have ever experienced there is never a wrong time to make decisions based on love and those decisions always move your life and the world in a positive direction.  Any other decision is made out of fear, and those choices will move your life in a negative direction and make the world seem bleak.

Only you can decide for yourself when it is the time to throw worry of the consequences out the window and do the right thing.

 

When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?

I am living and Dying with the choices I made.  Classic message, classic song.