Red riding hood.....

Dedicated to GrandPa

" A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops"

- Henry Adams

If..

The superhero post got me thinking; all the super heroes of the world (real and fictional) can be described by just so few qualities human qualities that we find in some measure in everybody. (If we ignore all the non-human things like spiders & bats, ie.) Yet super heroes are so rare.

All the super heroes seem to share the same genetic code that is so well described by the following poem;

If by Rudyard Kipling...

I'm sure most people already have read it, but I'm posting it again so that atleast I wii read it again.

Rudyard Kipling

If

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with triumph and disaster And treat those two imposters just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run - Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

My Super Hero

Superheros were invented by men, to represent everything normal men dreamed to achieve. Still at some point, you believe they are real, more so when you are a kid. You believe there could exist someone who is indestructible and indefatigable ..... and for all you know it could be you dad....As you grow, the idea either distills to a refined version or just takes a back seat in your fantasy world.

Mine just distilled to cheer everyday hero's, people who made a difference without actually wearing a mask even if it was in the smallest way conceivable....

To me an everyday super hero:

• Is brutally honest
• Has courage of his convictions
• Has an iron will coupled with unlimited optimism
• Considers every task worthwhile, if you give it your best
• Is a champion of free will

Incidentally "GrandPi" was all of these, thus I morn not only the loss of loving grandpa, but also a superhero who never failed to inspire me.

funny link of the day too...

check this out;

http://www.wifeadvice.com/2008/03/theres-only-one-response-when-your-wife-says-i-love-you/

http://www.wifeadvice.com/2008/07/dont-tell-your-mom-that-your-wife-cant-bake-a-potato/

very practical advise I say.