Piece I’ve written for another site but am really proud of it and wanted to share it with similar thinking friends…..
The articles’ title concentrated on asking us to write who was our favourite Super-hero character and why?
Favourite Character – Superman
SUBMITTED BY JIM ROGERS COPYRIGHT 2020.
WHAT HE MEANS TO ME
Lets get this out of the way, before we start….he’s my hero.
He is the model of moral compass that is the template we should all aspire to live by, to embody, embrace and demonstrate every day. His ‘S’ logo is known in every corner of the planet, there’s a reason for that.
Created and launched in a time period of desperation to instil the necessary strength to those who have none, to bring hope to those who cannot feel any, to care & support those who don’t know where too turn, he is there.
He is the magnifying glass for us, on earth, to show us, when and where we can’t, the how & why of humanity, it is within us always, sometimes we just need to be shown the where of it all.
My love for him has lived in me since childhood. My father took me to see Richard Donner’s Superman in 1978, and that cinematic experience not only shaped my life but also my career, now as a writer & film-maker. The magic & awe leapt from the screen to inform a child of what the ideal of life truly means. Christopher Reeve captured this character, all of this character, the three-part axis of the character, this alien, this journalist, this lost soul.
He is what we should wake up in the morning and try & match, the power to understand, the power to care and believe in each other, now as we face what we do, currently, that message should be louder than ever.
I am proud to call him my hero, my go-to moral compass, the embodiment of nature’s response to how we approach and handle pain in our lives, how we live to be a community, how we look at the world and how we treat our fellow beings. When in doubt, what would Clark do?
Through comics, the films, the TV series, his legacy is vast and meaningful, He is the hero’s hero.
He and Lois, our golden couple, the aspirational relationship we all seek. I have that in my life now, the woman who helps shapes me, I know that feeling. Clark & Lois are us, that feeling of love that run though us when we know life is the best it can be.
When we are at our lowest, he holds us and comforts us till we are better, when we are at our brightest, he celebrates with us. He is the man for all seasons, and that’s why we embrace him.
So I'm happy.
