When I was a little girl, and young adolescent, I watched cartoons with superheros.  WonderWoman was my favorite since it was one of the only female characters on telelvision. But there was something about the way she acted that I just wanted to emulate.  I have a feeling that if truth be told, all of us watch some kind of superhero growing up.  Maybe we even had a favorite.

I have a theory about this...would you like to know what it is? I think each of us struggled with something as a child and a specific superhero gave us "hope" that we could be different, maybe even better. There may be the child who was bullied incessantly. That child may want to watch a show like Batman and see how to fight off those bullies.  Maybe a child was asked to do chores around the house and wanted to be like Superman and do those chores "faster than a speeding bullet" in order to return to television watching or playing. Perhaps a child was terribly shy. Most superheroes haved their face concealed, don't they? So a shy child could somehow become outgoing and be able to associate with others as a superhero. Perhaps parents fought often and there was turmoil in the home growing up. Won't you agree with me that several different characters might appeal to a youngster who just wants to get the fighting to end? Maybe one of the reasons I liked WonderWoman so much was the fact that I never thought af myself as attractive, being taunted by the kids at school for everything from the length of my hair to my braces to the clothes I wore.  WonderWoman exuded beauty to me, and with her lasso of truth could make people tell me why they really did what they did and said what they said,  I'm not sure.  All I know is that I liked her.

And now, as an adult, I continue to watch superhero movies.  I will be the first to admit I have a huge crush on Thor. Maybe it's the long hair and rough exterior.  But I know that it goes much deeper than that for me and so many of us out there.  If not, why do those movies thrive at the box office? I will tell you what I think, and you can disagree with me if you like.

I believe that inside most of us we all STILL struggle with something that perhaps we can't quite put a finger on. It may be that we feel inadequate as a spouse. Or we struggle with selfishness. Or we are shy. Or we don't think we are attractive. Or others make us feel as if we cannot accomplish things. No matter what, there is a superhero for us. One that will make us feel stronger, more confident, selfless, giving, or even proud. (I am sure you are thinking of a superhero right now, aren't you?)

And in a world where few people stand for anything, superheroes stand for something and show us that we, too, can stand for something if we just try.


Drawing on my inner WonderWoman,

Petra

Enjoy the trailer for my favorite superhero movie so far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eOrNdBpGMv8


P.S. I'll see you tomorrow when we discuss another frivolous topic - food/fashion. You never know what will come out of this mouth!