I Am Superman

I Am Superman

I can fly off a soaring cliff (once, and only straight down)

I can jump higher than a building in a single bound (buildings don't jump)

I can stop a speeding bullet (again, just once, unless a couple were shot one after another)

I can go from state to state in a blink of an eye (seriously, four corners isn't too far from my home)

I'm strong enough to lift 10 men (underwater)

I absorb radiation from the sun (ignore the burnt red skin)

I can move at the speed of light (you can see me moving can't you?)

So you can see, I am Superman.

     When we are young, and a few of us who never grew out of it, we think we can do anything.  The possibilities for the future are endless.  We become teenagers and our interests change, limiting those possibilities.  As we first enter into adulthood, we get a lot more responsibilities, and we often realized that we won't be able to do everything we wanted, or at least we cross off the more "frivolous" endeavors from our list.  As we start college we are forced to choose one or two things.  It takes so much to become educated in those fields that we decide that it wouldn't be worth trying something else.  Most stop there with their progression.  We meet our spouses, and have to fuse two lives together; this often means we must let go of more of our "childish dreams" to accommodate "reality".  Then... we have kids...  We give up almost everything we wanted to make their lives "better".  We get to visit those old care-free days when we play with our little ones, but we "know" that we have to let those dreams go.  When kids move out, we're alone (hopefully still with our spouses) and we wonder, "what happened to my life?"

     J.K. Rowling didn't publish her first book until she was 32, which took about 5 years to become truly popular.

     Stan Lee didn't create his first successful comic book until he was 39.

     Gary Heavin didn't open his first Curves Fitness Ctr. until he was 40.

     Samuel Jackson didn't get his first award-winning role until he was 43.

     Henry Ford didn't create the Model T until he was 45.

     Momofuku Ando didn't create instant ramen noodles until he was 48.

     Julia Child didn't get her first cookbook published until she was 50.

     Ray Kroc didn't buy McDonald's until he was 52, where he grew it into the largest fast food restaurant in the world.  

     Harland Sanders (Better known as Colonel Sanders) didn't franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken until he was 62.

     Anna Mary Roberson Moses (better known as grandma Moses) didn't start painting until she was 78.

     The list goes on and on, and their are gaps with thousands of names between the names I've given here.

     We are all "Superman/Superwoman".  There is something you can do which will forever change the world.  It will touch the lives of millions.  Inspire small children.  Change politics.  Who knows?  It's in you.  You can either let your "adult" kill that idea, or nurture and grow it until it becomes a revolutionary thing.  Don't let a silly thing like age, financial circumstances, religion, race, up-bringing, or education stop you.  And especially don't let those around you tell you no.  It's your life, and your dream.  Make it come true.