Heroes

I think at some point in our lives we all dream about being a superhero of sorts. But as we get older we realize that superpowers don't exist. So then what do we do? We find characters or make up heroes who are as close to human as possible and then we take the power that they have been given or accidentally stumbled upon in a freak laboratory accident and we make it seem like a curse.  When the idea of a hero first emerged it was someone who was pretty much flawless. Good looks, Charm, witty and was always honest. But as time went on people got bored with heroes. Why? Well simply because we need people we can relate to.  I think nowadays a "Hero" is somebody who steps up in the face of adversity and does whats right. The only problem is right and wrong are often subjected to the persons own personally opinion and biases. The way I always see myself being a "Hero" is when i am daydreaming. Often it involves something bad or terrible happening. I'll be in a store and ill imagine a guy coming in with a gun and he tries to hold it up. But then (duh duh duh duh!!!) at the moment where all hope seems lost i make a courageous move and i stop the assailant often taken a bullet to the shoulder or some none vital area that way i have a cool scar to tell  the ladies about. I recently watched the movie Kick Ass which is about this local kid who gets the idea of becoming a vigilante.  During one of the early fight scenes where "Kick Ass" is trying to help a man who is getting jumped by three other guys, which ultimately results in himself getting the crap kicked out of him one of the assailants looks at him and says "why are you doing this?" and he responds "because its the right thing to do!". Do you have to come across some extraordinary circumstances to be a hero? Or is it simply just a matter of doing the right thing? Personally i think it is when we handle the ordinary every day struggles by doing the right thing, that is when we have the real victories. So i guess all i am trying to say is you don't need extraordinary circumstances to be a hero you just gotta do the right thing. However, that doesn't mean you should stop dreaming i mean who knows maybe you'll get your chance to shine one day.