And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
That’s what Mariah Carey had to say in her immortal song
‘Hero’, which used to be one of my favorite childhood songs.
Today, my mother was telling me how my father had taken risks and
challenges early in his life to provide for a better life to our family. I was
instantly reminded of this song. It was then that I sat back and pondered, that you don’t
really need to have superpowers to become a hero. My dad, just like any other
father, had waged many battles against life’s problems and won most of them
also. All of us have heard of our Dad’s trysts with fate and rightly so, they
are a Hero in our eyes.
In a similar fashion, all of us are also waging battles continuously, big
or small, but a battle nonetheless. Each one of us has to fight our own
personal wars day-in day-out. We win some, we lose some but they just keep materializing
and we have no option but to fight them out. Sometimes the enemy is a physical
entity; sometimes it is intangible. Sometimes it is present in our environment
surrounding us; sometimes it is present inside us in our minds & soul. This
is the time when you are brought face-to-face with your deepest fears, your
weaknesses. You might not like the prospect and close your eyes but its not
going to go away.
That’s when the Hero inside us starts to rise, depending on
the level of motivation and Inertia inside us. So, it becomes highly imperative
that we nurture that Hero inside us because sometimes in our lives, the only
person who can save us is ourselves only.
Some of us lost their mother/father to a disease, natural calamity or
an accident at an early age.
Some of us lived in a Foreign land, away from their families, just when
they needed them the most.
Some of us broke up with their life partner within the first year of
marriage.
Some of us had to sit jobless after studies; some were shown the
pink-slip.
Some of us left plush, comfortable jobs in turn for something of their
interest.
Some of us wanted to do something in early life but due to family &
financial pressure, ended up doing something totally different.
Some of us strive very hard for an exam and fail miserably and then end
up feeling totally useless.
Some of us are too scared to take that leap of faith which would throw
open a completely new path, an explored door-way.
The important part in all the above instances is to keep moving forward, to walk on. A hero does not need to be super-human; all of us can become
an Everyday Hero. Don’t let that fire die down, don’t let that Hero inside you
fade away. Build up the courage to fight, celebrate your victories and look
beyond the defeats. The Supreme Power has something special planned for each
one of us.