Heroes, Monsters and Bad Guys
It is interesting watching my nephew. I listen to him and learn. Lately I have noticed that he ask if I am going to beat up “Bad Guys” or kill them. I tell him that I try to stay away from “Bad Guys”. I know that I gave him the idea that I fight with monsters and “Bad Guys”. I guess I wanted to be someones hero. I never thought that it could impact him in a negative way. Honestly I think that it probably hurt nothing. But it made me think about who the “Monsters and Bad Guys” really are. They are us. The adults. And part of me really wants to beat them up. But if I look a little closer. The truth is - there is not a radical difference between “Them” and me. I'd like to say that I'm a “Good Guy” and “They” are “Bad Guys”. But really the terrible truth is we are all just people and people are the monsters here in this world. We are because of a lot of reasons. The ideas of “Us” and “Them” being probably one of the biggest ones. I strive not to be the “Monster” that I know I am perfectly well capable of becoming. Part of that, a big part, is realizing that “They” are “Us”. We can not cut off our arm and our legs because they have done something offensive expecting to become whole. We can not remove our head for ignorance or disturbing thoughts believing we will become enlightened. We can not beat up and kill the “Bad Guys” thinking to close the gaps in humanity as a whole. I wanted to be a hero to my nephew maybe I should have told him I was a doctor or a teacher. Maybe I should have told him - I'm just as confused as you. There are a lot of things I don't understand. Nobody seems to understand. I don't know why. But I hope we can make it better one day.