Sunday Scribblings (Courage)

This week's word is Courage:

He never once backed down, cowered from a challenge, or tired from the futile nature of his task. He faced the worlds foes, stared at death on a near daily basis, and did so without once asking for fame, wealth or recognition. Instead, he kept his identity secret, worked a thankless nine to five, and toiled with the likes of the normal. At any time he could have demanded riches, pimping himself out to the highest bidder, but he did not. Not once was he provided with monetary riches, even thought they would have been provided. In him, the world saw its greatest, humblest, and most honest warrior. He did what was right, what he could do, for no other reason than that was his talent. He cared, and would stop at nothing to allow good to prevail. In him, there is a lesson to be learned. We ask, all too often, what is in this for me. He was a prince on his planet, but here, he was a man, a man who understood his strength, grasped the same, and made the planet a better place for us to live. Superman may be a joke, a story to be told to a child, a movie to watch on a quiet Friday night; but more than that, he is the epitome of courage, and someone who should be admired.