the super hero within

I know, I know. It's been way too long since I posted. The parade is next week and I'm freakin' busy. I hope everyone had a great holiday and stayed safe.

I decided to post today because I needed something to distract me from parade duties and because I went to a movie with my boys and it prompted some thoughts I wanted to express. Now I realize that my credibility will totally be shot when I tell you what movie prompted my thoughts but hopefully you'll forgive me. We went to see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and to be honest when my boys asked if we could go, every negative review I had read flashed before me. Reluctantly I said OK because I owe them for putting up with me these past few days. I will admit I was surprised by the fact that I liked the movie. No, it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen but I liked it still the same. My thoughts stem from the super hero idea. As human beings I think we all have a love affair with super powers in general. I believe it is for one reason, it's our simple round-about way of acknowledging our divinity. I know I will lose some people there but I like this idea. To believe that we have some undiscovered power that allows us to exceed our day to day abilities and help others is necessary. Too bad we get so caught up with the notion that unless we can do something that truly astounds people that we miss the beautiful qualities that make each of us who we are. I think that if we can get past the need to do one big, highly visible deed we will see our ability to do many deeds that add to the big picture. I really believe that each of us has divine qualities that make us super and that when we watch a super hero movie or read a comic and we get that little wistful feeling in our chest that it's just our spirit saying-"see, you can do that too."