we can all be our own heroes...actually that is ideally what we become.
i believe that one of the most important things we come here to do is learn to love ourselves. life is simple, but not at all easy.
i love this; i found it a while ago, and it is really what i strive to live by:
the rules for being human
you will receive a body. you may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for as long as you live. how you take care of it or fail to do so can make an enormous difference in the quality of your life.
you will learn lessons. you are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called Life. each day, you will be presented with opportunities to learn what you need to know. the lessons presented are often completely different from those you think you need.
there are no mistakes, only lessons. growth is a process of trial, error and experimentation. you can learn as much from failure as from from success. usually more.
a lesson is repeated until it is learned. your lessons will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned them. when you have learned a lesson (as evidenced by a change in your attitude and ultimately, your behavior), then you can go on to the next lesson.
learning lessons does not end. there is no stage of life that does not contain some lessons. as long as you live there will be something more to learn.
"there" is no better than "here." when your "there" has become a "here," you will simply discover another "there" that will again look better than your "here." (until you recognize and learn this particular lesson, of course.)
others are merely mirrors of you. you cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. when tempted to criticize others, ask yourself why you feel so strongly.
what you make of your life is up to you. you have all the tools and resources you need. what you create with those tools and resources is up to you. remember that through desire, goal setting and effort you can have anything you want. persistence is the key to success.
the answers lie inside you. the solutions to all life's problems lie within your grasp. all you need to do is ask, look, listen, trust, and learn.
