When the grandkids were a little younger… like about 12 years ago… we used to talk about what our Super Powers would be if we were Super Heroes.  We had a notebook full of this stuff.

Oh, we knocked around everything.  You could have ANY Super Power you wanted.. anything you could dream up.  BUT.  You could  possess only one super power.  That is the way of The Powers after all.

So, in my Zen self… I would think… Infinite Healer… or Super Psychic.   But the implications of those could be enormous.  Monumental.

Super strength or speed. Flame thrower.  Ice Maker.  Storm Creator.  Anything.

I typically settled on Shape Shifter.  Yep. That’s me the old Shape Shifter. I think it would be a great deal of fun to turn into “This” or “That” at will.  Or any “Who”….  (That’s where there phrase comes from, by the way.  When people say… “Well…Any Who.”)

Digressing again. Dang it.

Shape Shifter.  I could turn into an ANY WHO.  I could warp into  a turtle, or a speed skater, or a ballerina… or Jeb Bush… for all that matters.  Now this, is where it gets complicated.  So.  When you shape shift into a Dolphin, can you swim and breathe like a Dolphin, or do you still have your normal qualities, and just LOOK like a Dolphin?  If you get their characteristics…. the Shape Shifter would be best.  You could shape shift into any Super Hero… if that were the case.  And be super strong, or fast, psychic.

I have so many questions and I can’t find my Super Hero Manual anywhere.

But truth be told.  It really doesn’t matter.  We are mere mortals.  We have our very own “Any Who’s” and that is it.
But, that begs the question.. ….. … how “mere” is mere?  And just “Who” is in your Any Who?

We are who we are.  Each one of us.  And in that… we EACH have our very OWN Super Powers.  No Shape Shifting Necessary. I really believe this is true.  I have SO many friends, and family, and acquaintances… who are full of Super Power.  They are… simply amazing.

They may not leap tall buildings.. but I’ve seen them over come huge obstacles.  They may not fly through the air, but they soar through life.  All sorts of great qualities.

And that’s the trick,…. finding our talents…. and flying with them.  Finding our good, and make it worthwhile.  Seeing our “one” thing (or “ten” things) and making a difference.

That is Heroic.  In the most Epic of Proportions.