I didn’t grow up on heroes like Superman, Batman, Wolverine, the Avengers, and others. I grew up on Disney princesses. It wasn’t until I became a teenager that I picked up my Dad’s old comic books and started reading. However, when I was reading, I noticed two things that almost all of the heroes had: being willing to sacrifice their lives for others, and changing others lives in some way, be it big or small. When I went back and reread the same comic books, I started asking myself this question:

Would I do that?

Now, those stories may not be real, but they have an element of truth in them. Even though I doubt anyone can actually fly, run really fast, heal themselves, make things float, bend metal, or read minds, super heroes exist today.

All you need to be a super hero are the two things I mentioned earlier: Being willing to sacrifice your own life for someone, or to make an impact on someone’s life in some way, even if it’s small. I can name some people in everyday society that do at least one every day, like policemen, firefighters, doctors, nurses, the military, even teachers. For us teens, whose major job is going to school, you don’t have to have an adult job like that to make a difference in someone's life. No matter how small that difference is, someone will notice. Like ripples in the water, our actions can cause changes in people. Even though we can’t fly, control weather, are super strong, or can turn invisible, we can be superheroes, too. The question is this:

Would YOU do that?


You are a superhero, and YOU have the power to change the world.