Posted by hanlie | Posted in My Long Walk to Health | Posted on 24-08-2009
This is in response to Mizfit’s awesome post on Friday.
This past year I’ve become my own Superhero.
All my life I’d been waiting for someone or something external to save/change/rescue me. I was frozen in fear – unable to move forward or take control.
It was only when I started reaching inside myself that I found the answers and the strength needed to transform my life and triumph over my circumstances and limiting beliefs.
The hero was inside me.
But so were the villains. They had to be evicted. It’s an ongoing process, but I have come so far.
The Superhero has gained a lot of ground this past year.
These days when I’m faced with a challenge, I rise up to it, even if it means learning a new set of skills. A prime example is customizing my blog theme (not complete yet, but getting there) – I knew what I wanted and couldn’t find it anywhere. I don’t have the financial resources to purchase a custom theme, so I had two choices – customize an existing theme or design a new theme from scratch. It made sense to me to start with the former, even though I have no experience in this field, and progress to the latter over time. Armed with an HTML and CSS manual I am learning and making progress. I got a great tip from South Beach Steve about online tutorials. It’s painstaking work, but I’m loving it.
Similarly, this superhero has taken control of her health and well-being like never before. I am in such a good place with regards to that now. I may still weigh close to 300 pounds, but I bet I’m the healthiest woman in that weight range in the whole of Cape Town. Maybe not the fittest yet, but I’m getting there too.
Being my own Superhero doesn’t mean that I don’t make mistakes or encounter obstacles. Life is not perfect, and neither are Superheroes. It does mean that I overcome and/or conquer them and move on.
Discovering my super powers have made me less fearful of the future. I know that I will handle whatever comes my way.
I know who I am.
And I don’t need a cape to remind me.
(Although I wouldn’t be adverse to wearing the T-shirt…)
Have you unleashed your inner Superhero yet? You don’t have to be bitten by something, exposed to radiation, or altered by aliens…
WOW! Great post. Glad to see that you have found your own superhero within yourself. I would say that this past year, moving away from family and getting married has forced me to do the same… to find that hero within myself and make things happen. I’m not fully there, but on the road to it
Hope you have a great week!
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honestly? this was my first reaction:
SERIOUSLY?
You did a post sparked by what I wrote?
IM FREAKIN HONORED. touched.
This is why I blog.
xo xo,
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I think it’s great that you have grown so much as a person during the last year. You are an inspiration!
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Hanlie, this is a great follow up post to what Mizfit wrote. It was really telling how her daughter responded, but you have continued to put it in perspective. We are indeed our own superhero, we just have to realize that.
BTW, the new theme is looking good!
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Hanlie – What an uplifting post. Thanks for sharing it. And, I think I’m going to take all your words on more fruits and veggies to heart today and go to our Sunflower Market to stock up! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Is it not strange how we human beings sit back and wait for someone or something to come to the rescue on a white charger? As we grow older and wiser we realise that the only one who is going to do any rescuing is ourselves. Keep going super hero it will get good, better, best!
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I would love to become my own superhero, right now it’s my husband but I would very much like to become my own superhero.
Mizfit’s post was awesome and so is yours. It’s amazing the things we can do when we become our own superheroes. I just love that phrase. And thanks for the link to the t-shirts. I just purchased a couple – one for me and one for my daughter who I hope doesn’t wait until she’s as old as I am to understand and know that she’s her own superhero – that she has all she needs, that she is all she needs to be.
Have a wonderful Monday.
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Great post! “So often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have the key” (The Eagles).
I love fairies so I tell myself that I have to be my own Fairy Godmother. But it’s like a really tough, edgy, super-hero style Fairy!
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Fly high and proud, Hanlie~
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What a great post. The power really is within us. But I sure need reminders of that so I thank you!
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Wow! Great post Hanlie. I love the concept of being your own superhero. I may need to buy the t-shirt! Your hard work is paying off on many levels. You are one of my superheroes Hanlie. Thank you for all you do!
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This post AND MizFit’s post are leaving me, unapologetically…speachless.
I have no inklings of what to even say. I love that so many of you know clearly what your inner superhero is all about!
I am just..
(crickets chirping)
I guess this can be labeled “more food for thougth” for me.
but even though I have nothing fun to add… I love YOUR inner superhero….I think it’s FABULOUS!
i am jealous! (in a nice way)
sigh
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Congrats on being your own superhero. Sometime’s I’m a super hero and sometimes I’m my own villain.
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Who we have settled for instead of who we have the capability to be to ourselves and others, good post.
Have you ever heard the song super woman by alicia keys. Here are the lyrics.
Everywhere I’m turning
Nothing seems complete
I stand up and I’m searching
For the better part of me
I hang my head from sorrow
Slave to humanity
I wear it on my shoulders
Gotta find the strength in me
Cause I am a Superwoman
Yes I am
Yes she is
Even when I’m a mess
I still put on a vest
With an S on my chest
Oh yes
I’m a Superwoman
For all the mothers fighting
For better days to come
And all my women, all my women sitting here trying
To come home before the sun
And all my sisters
Coming together
Say yes I will
Yes I can
Cause I am a Superwoman
Yes I am
Yes she is
Even when I’m a mess
I still put on a vest
With an S on my chest
Oh yes
I’m a Superwoman
When I’m breaking down
And I can’t be found
And I start to get weak
Cause no one knows
Me underneath these clothes
But I can fly
We can fly, Oooohh
Cause I am a Superwoman
Yes I am
Yes she is
Even when I’m a mess
I still put on a vest
With an S on my chest
Oh yes
I’m a Superwoman
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Oh yes,
he is a superhero
you won’t notice him
he’ll pass you by
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQHSJg2Exk0
go you super hero! You are so right, our destiny is in our hands!
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