I didn't forget about you guys, or this blog, but I did get caught up in life to the point where I forgot a bit about me. The last few months have been an attempt to recover that, and so here we are, me blogging about random thoughts.
I figure a great way to help me recover the me I like most, is for me to look back at some of my greatest inspirations from TV show characters to video game characters to actual real life characters.
As I put in the title, this post is going to be focused on the TV show by the name of "Heroes".
The main focus from Heroes will be on Peter Petrelli.
Growing up, and I'm quite confident in this, most people dreamed that they were something. Not necessarily what they were, just that they were something. That their life had a purpose, some greater destiny. I can't speak for everyone, but I know that most of my days felt like that. In fact, sitting here at 23 years old, I still feel as though I'm meant for something greater.
Much like Peter Petrelli from Heroes, I can't help but feel as though
I recently went back and started watching from the very beginning, and I discovered something that is kind of magical about Peter. He's insane. I mean, seriously. If you go into Heroes with the same mentality that exists in the real world that we live in, where people can't fly, you realize just how insane he is. He jumps off a building to prove that he's something greater. Now, forget that we're watching a show where powers exist, he can't be sure. He takes a literal leap of faith. Had his crazy, outlandish theory not been correct he would be so many shades of dead.
Now, to be clear, I am in no way advocating life threatening scenarios to discover hidden super powers. DON'T DO THAT!
Ok, continuing. The magical aspect is that he took a leap of faith. Too often we find ourselves thinking we're meant for something more, but we never go for it. We expect it to happen by taking the easy course. We get comfortable.
Peter doesn't do that. Sure, he was comfortable, but once he gets the hope and courage, he doesn't look back.
The absolute worst thing about living in this world is that super powers don't exist. Granted, even if they did, there's no way to know if I would be lucky enough, or unlucky depending on the power.
There are things though, that I consider to be super powers. Things that are magical and we need more of in this world. Things that I forget all too often as life happens.
Being positive. Think about it, this world is so dark at times. There are countries where the citizens are held captive by the government, there are people who shoot up schools, and there are people who actively go out of their way to ostracize whole groups of people. Yet there are so many people who are positive. There are people out there that have hope for this planet, for these people, and that's Super. Being positive isn't an easy thing, it's easy to accept the negative and stick with that's the way things will always be. It's hard to look at all the darkness and still focus on the light. *Not saying to be blind to the darkness, because the darkness needs to be addressed, but it doesn't have to hold us down*
Forgiving people. THAT RIGHT THERE IS MEGA HARD! We often don't think of just how hard forgiving someone is, but it's monumental. If you legit, 100% forgive someone, you're saying that whatever it was is of no consequence. As humans, I feel like we want to hold on to those things that someone did to us. We want to remember them, and in the back of our head we connect that person to it and always associate it with them. When we forgive someone though, we're wiping the slate. They have a fresh start.
Which brings me to a point that is 100% worth noting. That right there is what makes my faith so amazing. I can't comment on any other religion, but for Christianity it's mind blowing. Imagine if everyone in your life just took advantage of you, spat in your face, cursed your name, disregarded you, and was generally terrible toward you. You then tell them all that it doesn't matter. Not a single thing they did, because you've forgiven every single one of their misdeeds, and even the ones they're going to one day commit. Then comes the law, and they don't care if you forgave them, because they still did those things, and in the eyes of the law their lives are forfeit. You've forgiven them though, and in doing so you took all of their misdeeds on as your own, and so the law comes for you. Now you've got every sin ever on you, and there's no way for you to ever win that case, even the greatest lawyer in the world (Probably Phoenix Wright) couldn't win your case. BUT since you never committed the misdeeds, that law is shattered (Much like the part in Chronicles of Narnia where Aslan's self-sacrifice ends up destroying the stone tablet). You've eventually said that anybody who ever asks for and accepts your forgiveness will not forfeit their life. I don't know if that rings with you as much as it does with me, but man, that's some (super) powerful stuff right there.
So, you see, there are things that are Super Powers in this world. There's chances for all of us to rise above, and be greater. We all are meant for so much more, and I don't know if I'll ever stop believing that. My sphere of influence might not ever be as large as I hope it would be and it may one day be larger than I ever dreamed, but regardless inside my sphere I can be a light.
My major hope is that you are also a light inside your sphere. This world could never have enough beacons of light, and I have complete faith in each and every one of you.
Cheers and Don't Forget To Smile! =D
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