Superheroes.......

I was thinking that a superhero really isn't all that different from normal people (excluding the cool ability to fly and all that.  But soon we will have personal jetpacks so that will be a moot point anyway.)  Really, they are just people who are able to overcome certain issues and get the job done.  Look at Thor -- he finally figured out that there are more important things than what we want to happen, and that the bigger picture usually is more important.  Green Lantern learned that courage isn't the absence of fear, it's doing what needs done even though you're terrified.  Batman kinda took a page out of Thor's book and saw the bigger picture, but he also had the compassion and love to do what was truly needed, regardless of the impact it had on him.  Then you've got Professor X.  Dude, that guy really has his head on straight.  He continued to push for peaceful relations between groups of people even after he was threatened, mocked, slandered against, etc.
  All of this is starting to sound like another superhero, who really isn't so different than us.  At least, we're not so different from him that he doesn't want us to try and imitate him.  Now this guy saw the big picture.  I'm pretty sure he was terrified at least once or twice, but he got the job done.  His head was on straight as well -- he was constantly advocating that everyone put aside their massive egos and just try to get along.  He did what was desperately needed, even though it had a huge impact on him (and not in a plesant way, either.).  He saw what needed to be done, and he had the love and compassion to do it.  He is probably the ultimate superhero, and while he didn't fly around with a cape (although he did walk on water), his power is deeply felt in the lives of those who want it.  And we have the opportunity to remember how he started out -- as a baby, just like each of us.  And as he grew to be great, so can we.  We all have a superhero inside us, and we can reach that potential because of the SUPERHERO.