Save the World

Isaac, the painter who paints canvasses of the future... Claire who is able to heal (much like Wolverine from XMEN)... the detective who hears your thoughts... Peter Petrelli the empath... Hiro, the Japanese who bends time... and Niki/Jessica the woman with split personality (EXACTLY like Spiderman in Spidey 3, except she's the female version).

these are just some of the characters in Heroes, my latest love.

it's a brilliant show... well-directed and simply captivating.

you've got to look beyond the superficial though, which is exactly what we've been talking about at work - to see God in the ordinary, to see Christian morals and values through the dirt.

sometimes, being a hero isn't about having supernatural powers and abilities. look beyond the entertainment value (definitely surpasses the amateurish Spidey and the blow-up-cars-with-gorgeous-sidekick male type of movies. think: Die Hard, XXX *yawn*).

it isn't about being able to fly or be invisible but about being able to soar through adversities and be silent and prudent (something i have yet to learn).

it's not about being able to heal and be indestructible but about growing to own the resilience to live through pain and stand tall on your own feet, trusting even when you don't see and are unable to believe, that there is a higher reason for it all.

it's not about being able to absorb someone else's powers but perhaps, about being able to share a person's best and strongest points to be a better person.

it's not about wanting to be The One to save the world but desiring to be the one that says, "a hero must not give up." - those simple truths that show your yearning to be a part of the grander scheme in life, to play your little role to make even that little difference to preserve life.

it's also not about whether you have the tendency to be a cold-blooded killer or some streak in you that makes you change personalities like the weather but about how to negotiate between the two sides within one person (think: Spidey 3). rather than look at the negatives of a situation, shall we celebrate the strength of character of the weak underdog in scrambling around to subdue the bad within us?

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the heroes in Heroes are not your typical heroes. *hahaha* (repeat that 10 times)

they are common folk like us, who battle heartbreaks from the condition humans suffer from - love (*hahaha* and we THANK GOD for that!); struggle to hold together a family that's falling apart; negotiate between your real upright and honest self and the more underhanded you as you go about breathing in the corporate world; nurse (again) broken hearts from unrequited love; reconcile with an estranged parent; continue the legacy left by predecessors; answer the Call.

to?

to be a hero in our everyday lives. face it, we ARE in the life. (or, we are in the Matrix as they say). manage it. manage it and triumph above it. not avoid it.

look the ordinary in the face and see past it. God is there in every bit of life. allelujah!

true heroes live IN the world. they don't exist out of it. they are every bit as human as we are. so when you watch Heroes, don't watch it for the sharp and happy colours (:P) or the supernatural abilities that bring our imagination to new heights.

celebrate instead the heroes' frailties and how they get through them, the larger plot of putting self last, protecting loved ones at cost of self, setting aside personal gain and daring to love, take a chance, die, try, live... knowing that you could be robbed of all of that, knowing the high risks of getting hurt again and again... over and over...

after all, it isn't about winning the race... getting to the destination... it's about how we make that journey and how we continue to fight the good fight till we breathe our last breath.

Let us save the world together even if we all do it differently. but keep recognising God in the ordinary. keep saying hello to him.