It has been too long since I have posted anything. I started this blog with the best intentions , but we all know where those lead. Anyway. Today I was a superhero. I saved a life. Now I most certainly was not dressed in tights, nor did I have my own theme music. I still am not able to fly and most assuredly I cannot figure out how shoot lasers out of my eyes. But today I became a superhero; today I donated blood to the American Red Cross. Today I saved a life. There is something about being able to say, "I saved a life today" that gives an injection of strength into your self-esteem. You walk with a smile on your face and a bounce in your step for the rest of the day. Can you picture the conversation around the dinner table that night?
"...And how was your day, George?"
"It was okay mom. I got to level 60 on W.O.W. today. It only took five hours to do."
"Well that is good son...and how was your day, Tom?"
"Today was fantastic mom. I was able to save a life and it only took four minutes and seventeen seconds to do."
Now I don't mean to criticize anyone for the activities they choose to fill their day for it their choice what to do with their lives, and if they want to spend their days playing video games it is their prerogative to do so. I will say this, and you may call me crazy, but I am of the school of thought that it is much better to be a superhero in real life than to be anything in a virtual world. Whenever the end of time comes and the Earth is rolled together like a scroll what will really matter? Will we be asked how many things we were able to accumulate? Or perhaps how many things we were able to give away? How many levels we gained? Or how many lives we saved?
Take the adventure. Be a superhero. You will never regret saving a life, and who knows maybe you are really saving your own.
1 comment:
Good Work Superhero Joshua!! I can't believe that it took you that long to fill up the bag.
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