We all live in a realistic world; but
our hopes and dreams are often found on some elusive space where imagination
wins over reality and wanders in the zone where everything and everyone
revolves around us – we become the center of the Universe and the precipice of
existence of this wonderland is driven by our existence. We become a superhero
there, are blessed with the various powers, make huge sacrifices, saving the
world, get loved by all, bear power to destroy or save anything….
I often ask myself, what do want to be
– just a regular Jon Doe like a Person next door or someone yearns to be
blessed with some superpowers?
Well as a first instinct the answer is
pretty simple – I mean who would not want to have some uber cool power to show
off with…. Ha ha ha… but what about the price of the same (There are no free
lunches in life). Am I willing to pay the price for it… Even Superman has to
move away from the his love to follow his moral high grounds…. Beside the price
part there is also another an interesting aspect of the same – Power, Will I be
able to stay humble and sensible with the overdose of such a strong dose of
power.. I mean – to decide to let someone survive or not survive is a pretty
big deal, Am I mature to own and carry that kind of responsibility… Probably
NO!!
Super hero – huh, it is a weird word,
what does it mean actually, who is a super hero, has any one seen it a real
life, well since our kiddy days have been reading about them, the new
generations dare not miss any movies made on them…. But do they really
exist…..? Probably YES, Probably NO, or may be they exist but we not looking
for them the right eyes..
Changing the viewpoint:-
If we look the right way we will
probably find a super hero in all of us , to take a few examples (keeping
personality in dark) – a person working 80 hrs a week and still managing a time
for some charity work, someone who is blasted by his boss in the office still
carrying a smiling face to his family, a single mother working multiple jobs
and still finding time to cooks kid’s fav dish; if they are not a superhero
then who is…
I guess what I’m trying to say /
feeling is a one can accomplish almost any task if the intent and commitment
are there, there will be times for sure but when back will be pushed against
the wall really hard and what is differentiates a regular Jon Doe from a
Superman is probably how they rise from the pit instead of staying there with
dejection in their minds and un-satisfaction in their souls.
Summing it up, I may not a be
superhero right now but on the way of becoming one for sure.. ;)
Cheers
~lokesh v. (XLVII)
