Tap into your Super Power!

[Indianapolis Peace Institute]

This week's blog comes from Danielle Tate, Recruitment and Marketing Coordinator.

July has got to be the month for superheroes. It seems as if each year around this time, Hollywood releases it latest blockbuster in which the main character comes to save the world of mass destruction or some other form of evil. This year we were lucky to get two; Hancock and Dark Knight. Grossing over 220 million dollars collectively, moviegoers rushed to see their favorite villain fall to their demise by the ever so power superhero.

I haven’t had the opportunity to see either one of these movies, but as I read the reviews and watched the trailers a thought came to me. We need a real life superhero to come and save us from mass destruction. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a superhero come remove all the gangs, guns and drugs from the street, find the antidote AIDS, fly up and put a cork in the ever growing hole in the ozone layer, and make pounds of food rain across impoverished communities all in a day’s work. That would solve about 99.9% of our problems.

As I mediated on this thought a little longer I got a revelation. We don’t need superheroes with supernatural powers to come and save us from our fate. What is needed is regular, super committed individuals ready to work to can make a super difference in the lives of others. It does not take X-ray vision to be able to see the hurt in our neighbors and reach out a helping hand. Muscles of steel are not the answer to the violence that runs rampant in our communities; but rather people with hearts of gold to show love to young people seeking acceptance, validation and protection in the streets. Superman is not needed to come and blow frigid air across the world to cool it from its warming state, but rather individuals with cool ideas to reuse, reduce, and recycle.

Last week I visited the Indianapolis Children’s Museum and they were running an exhibit on comic book superheroes. As I roamed through the exhibit, there were many superheroes that slipped my mind. However, as I browse through my mental memory book, I will never forget those super individuals who made a difference in my life and saved me from my personal acts of self-destruction. So the next time reading the morning paper or watching the evening news makes you wish for a superhero, look in the mirror and recognize the power you have to make a difference.

Who has the POWER to make change? WE DO!

[Timothy Ogene]

...we all can make a difference in our little ways.

Here in Africa,we have to learn how to take responsibilities for our own development and think less of aid.Aid and foriegn support is important but we have to show commitment...individuals,governments etc.

...we have to "think up" home-grown solutions to our challenges ,seek support and be sincere about it.

Well i wish a Super-changemaker would drop from Mars and change everything so we don't have to bother.

Thanks