HENRY: (to Peter) You take Spider Man's pictures, right?
PETER: (AKA Spider Man) I used to.
HENRY: Where is he?
AUNT MAY: Henry and I agree. We don't see his picture in the paper anymore.
PETER: He...(reluctant beat) um.... quit.
HENRY: Why?
PETER: Wanted to try other things.
HENRY: He'll be back, right?
PETER: I don't know.
AUNT MAY: You'll never guess who he wants to be?! Spiderman!
PETER: Why?
AUNT MAY: He knows a hero when he sees one. To few characters out there, flying around like that, saving old girls like me. Lord knows kids like Henry need a hero. Courageous, self sacrificing people setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a hero. People line up for 'em. Cheer them! Scream their names! And years later they'll tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who taught them to hold on just a second longer. I believe there's a hero in all of us. That keeps us honest. Gives us strength. Makes us noble. And finally, allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams.
Spider Man did that for Henry and he wonders where he's gone. He needs him.
In a world such as ours, we often wonder, "Where have all of our heroes gone?"
It sometimes appears as if LOVE is in too short a supply to heal the wounds that have been brought upon us.
Walking along the shoreline of our vulnerability, looking for the proverbial "footprints in the sand," our minds begin to play their parlor tricks. From the visions we choose not to see.
No ocean needed, for our tears supply the water, and our hearts the soaked in pain.
It's only in the looking back, we see it was just not our paces engrained within each step so bravely taken. Not a single one that shall go in vein.......
But the precious prints of whispered SPIRITS whose names we do not know......
The ones who went before us, and lit our path with a heaven sent teathered glow......
Sent as gentle reminders, of all that we came here to BE................
HEROES and LEGENDS! The type this world is so desperate to see..........
So why hold back, the many gifts bestown by our side.........
When we promised each other such an extraordinary ride.....
It's time for each of us to remember the pledge and promise of our Mission....
To bring LOVE to the hearts of our brothers and sisters, must BE our final decision......
We are the HEROES that this world now needs.....
No more hiding, and please no more fear; BE HERE NOW is our motto and creed....
You're never alone, GOD promised as much.....
Just look all around, for His heavenly touch.....
But the task toward salvation is one we must bare...
A collective Journey of action in which all of us share....
A New Earth now awaits us, the damage has been done....
The Cosmos is watching to see how our BLISS will be won...
For it's the smallest of gestures that will keep the darkness at bay.....
And our children are watching, let's show them the way.....
In loving memory of the 50 special SOULS taken from us in New Zealand over the weekend.
LOST, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!! We love you all, always.............
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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