Day in and day out we all seem to be looking for someone to rescue us from our situations. So where is my savior? Who is going to rescue me from my situation? Who is going to get me out of my rut? Save me from my depression? Enrich my life with purpose. Show me that there is more to the opposite sex than what I’ve currently and recently seen. Who is going to step up and be that person?
Then again…. Why can’t I be that person? Why can’t I be that person to step up and change things, especially the things in my own life? I was watching a show called Trigun this week on Netflix. I use to watch Trigun on Cartoon Network back when I was in high school. I use to watch a lot of the anime they had on Cartoon Network. They were really good stories filled with comedy, drama, and action. Everything you could ask for in a show. The heroes would always suffer so much because there would always be so much weight placed on their shoulders and they never really know how to handle it at first. They all have their own moral code in which they followed until it brought them to their eventual end. The thing I liked about anime is that you never knew if the hero would survive after the series ended, there was a sense of reality. We all have an expiration date (for lack of better words) but a lot of us want to just sit in the back of the fridge until we expire, even worse, some of us don’t even get picked up from the store…. I’m simply stating this to say, why can’t you be the one to stand up and save yourself?
In Trigun, the main character Vash was constantly followed by chaos, he always stood up for those who found themselves in unfavorable situations and made a difference in every person he met. It wasn’t until the end of the series that he really took a stand to put an end to the chaos that surrounded him. He confronted his main problem and handled it the way he ultimately believed he should. I liked that about the show. He confronted the demons that were presented in front of him.
This point was further reinforced in me when I was at church on Wednesday night. Reading
When do we stop standing up for ourselves? When did we start always looking for a savior to fight all of our battles, when we should very well be fighting these battles ourselves… what happened to us? It’s like we hear some good things and then we give up on ourselves and place everything on other people. Then when they fail we have someone to blame, but in reality we should be blaming ourselves for our inability to handle our situations the right way from the start. I understand that some situations our out of our hands but you have to realize that before it ever got out of hand it started off being in hand. We have all the tools we need to be delivered from our circumstances, but it all starts with a new mindset. You have to believe that you CAN do something about it. Each step we take towards progression is another step away from failure. It’s an ongoing process though; therefore we can’t give up on ourselves. We don’t get days of from adversity. Sure some days are easier than others, but there are no days off. The more you know the more is required of you, no one said that each day was going to be easier, but the more you know the more you are equipped with so that you can handle bigger problems as they come to you.
“With great power comes great responsibility” so exhaust all your resources before you start reaching out for help, you’ll be surprised what you can accomplish when you believe in yourself.
