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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility!!!

One of the biggest moral conundrums comes from the reality that many people in this world see the atrocities and horrors of the world and do nothing. I have always struggled to see how we fool ourselves into believing that someone else is better to handle the situation at hand. Often we will say as we drive by a stranded motorist “somebody else will stop”, that is such a cop out. The truth is that we cant be bothered to get involved in the lives of others.

Even the way we give money is offkilter as we send money away from ourselves to aid some agency who is working on behalf of us. Now before the stones come out, let me say that we should continue to give to those agency. However let us realize that when we donate in that fashion we are removing the responsibilty from ourselves and the hassles that getting involved entail.

Peter Parker chooses to be Spiderman not because he has abilities that are extraordinary, he chooses that life because he is extraordinary. The archetype that is presented in him is that we need to live our lives in response to the world and not to be living our life according to our need.

On the flip side there are those who live the life of hero, because they need to, so that they feel whole…that is very unhealthy. Everyone has a unique attribute or gift that seperated them from the pack. It is with that gift we are able to give aid to those who live around us.

What is your power and what responsibility comes from it?