Are We Heroes or Just Human?

I remember as a kid watching some cartoon where Superman swooped in and saved the day. I was probably 10 when Smallville came out. It was basically a tv series about superman as a kid. I loved it. I was mesmerized by every Superman movie. I just loved it. An unbeatable person/alien. Strong, smart, handsome, and just trying to fit in while trying to save the world. 

Somehow I felt like I could relate to the guy. I was a little too strong for my well being-not like super strong or anything, but I was well known for being stronger than many of the guys. 

I always felt like I wanted to be a hero. I did my best sticking up for most people, putting others in their place, and more times than not, not being recognized for it. That's what a hero does some sort of service or something and doesn't get recognition for it. I'm not saying I'm a hero, but sometimes I sure feel like it. I feel more relatable to the outcasts. The ones who found themselves during tough times. The ones who didn't have nothing but didn't necessarily have it all. 

Have you ever read a book and just related so much to a character it sickening? Or watched a movie where it feels like you've lived through that? Yeah, same. I no I didn't pull anyone out of a burning car/building, I haven't stopped a robbery, nor have I saved mankind, but it's weird, I want to. 

I want to give myself in order to save someone else. I want someone to live because I could help. I don't want my name across newspapers or on tv, I just want to be remembered. That's what scares me most. No one will recall the time I pulled off the side of the road and helped some strange woman change a tire in the middle of the night. No one will remember me reaching into my pocked to not necessarily look at how much I had, but instead just reaching in and handing it to a homeless vet to eat with. At least I hoped it went to food. No one will remember when I watched as two vehicles crashed head on and I ran to make sure they were ok. *no I didn't touch them I've seen too many Grey's anatomy eps to know not to move them lol.* I don't know what happened after I filled out a report and left. 

A Harvard scientific study showed that just 120 seconds, two minutes, of a superman pose would help you preferm like one. I tend to do this every day, mostly at the gym, but it does make you feel like one. Like you can do something, like you can ace that test, get that job, pop that question. 

Maybe we're all superheroes, maybe we just haven't figured out what makes us superheroes.