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We should not be waiting around for someone to save us. Superman has been weakened by kryptonite, Batman is not forever and the Obama's have left the building. This doesn’t mean we will never need help because we will at some point; this simply means that we help ourselves first, then call for help if and when we need it. Asking for help is a part of being strong too. Just don’t stay down waiting for someone to do for you what you can do for yourself. If we fall, we should pick our own selves up. We should not be waiting on a fantasy character to come to our rescue. We are about becoming real, so let’s learn to take care of ourselves.
Another woman I know had been married for many years. She always made the most money in their relationship, however, she gave her husband total control. He paid the bills which he created in her name, and dictated how much she could or could not spend on a weekly basis. After he died, her family came to know how bad off she was. She did not have, or know how to use a debit card. She could not go into a bank and withdraw money. She didn't even know how to pay her bills, or what bills she had for that matter. She had turned all that over to her husband and with him gone she was helpless. This lady needed and wanted a savior, so she turned the bill paying duties over to her family. She was not interested in independence. She didn't think she could learn, so she did what she normally did, - found another superhero.
This should not be us, we are gaining 20/20 vision, so let us become the superheroes of our own lives.
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At what age should we give up on our dreams? When are we too old to dream? So many people never start their lives, yet it is never too late to start. Ernestine Shepard, female body builder, began working out at age 56 and went on to win several body building titles. She received the Guinness World Record for being the oldest female bodybuilder at age 81. Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote ‘Little House in the Big Woods,’ when she was 62, which later became the well-known television series ‘Little House on the Prairie.’ ’ Gladys Burrill became famous for completing the Honolulu marathon at age 92, she started running at age 86. We watched in disbelief as Susan Boyle, a woman fighting mental illness, financial difficulties and the death of her mother, opened her mouth and rang out a melody so beautiful, that we pressed the rewind button and played her song over and over to see if it was true. Lisa Wheeler