"What kind of Superhero are you?"

Nowadays, there are a lot of quizzes plying round the express lane of the web, telling you, "Do you want to know what kind of superhero are you?" The questions revolve around the scenes of engaging in a ultimate quest, traveling with chosen friends, carrying a magical weapon, fighting a gargantuan beast, protecting people, meeting a princess, possessing healing powers and endowed with super human strength and abilities. Another interesting question you may encounter is, "what kind of powers would you have?" To name a few coveted powers and abilities: Clairvoyance, Cryokinesis, Dream Manipulation, Empathic Mimicry, Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Strength, Eidetic memory, X-ray Vision, Flight, Healing, Heat vision, Induced Radioactivity, Intuitive Aptitude, Invisibility, Mental Manipulation, Persuasion, Phasing, Pyrokinesis, Rapid Cell Regeneration, Space-Time Manipulation, Technopathy, Telekinesis, Telepathy, telescopic vision (seeing great, even interstellar distances), microscopic vision (seeing small things, even subatomic particles).

The question presupposed an individual as a superhero. Making everyone a superhero. Once in our wildest imagination, we thought of ourselves as a superhero. An experience that would likely to take place when were still kids. The most celebrated superhero back then was Superman the Man of Steel. I remembered wearing a shirt with Superman Logo three to four times a week. (I got a couple of them). Recently, I was tempted to buy a blue shirt with Superman logo, but I changed my mind and opted to get a dozen of baby bottle cleaner soap with one extra for free. I felt like more a superhero for choosing to buy things for my son than satisfying my caprice. I guess, we do not need to do superhuman feat nor put once like in danger to become superhero. We can be superhero by doing the small acts of goodness, kindness, generosity and service. So the next time you go to a supermarket and see those small tin cans that says "Help ... ", "Support ...", drop some loose coins or better some small bills that way you can help support a cause. When you get home, give some sweet hugs, kisses and pats on the back to your love ones. Share a moment of laughter with your friends especially those who have not drawn a smile at the start of this year. Write thank you note or send a letter to an old friend whom you have not heard for quite sometime. Say some compliments like "you look great today", a sincere "thank you for a wonderful meal". Spend time to listen to stories of your friends. We can have a long list of doing simple things in life that can make us a "superhero." Start now and infect others to become One of Us.