THE DAILY SUPERHERO BY WILL MURRAY

I admired people who will seemingly let anything roll off their back because they were so confident in who they are and their actions. I grew up with these kinds of people and thought of them as much a superhero as Batman or Wonder Woman. They possessed something that I would never be able to possess because I cared to much about the thoughts of others. I felt as though I was a performer for my friends and classmates and, therefore, constantly judged. I would hang on to every word of critique and opinion until I became more and more afraid to take risks and be spontaneous with my humor, dismissing the kind remarks or the joy I felt making some people laugh. This, in our class terms, would be the creation of my Voice of Judgment or at least the time my Voice of Judgement began to take over more and more of my thoughts. 

I have a passion for changing people’s daily routines because that what comedy gave me: a new way to view our lives. Life can get too boring if you go through the same motions, and we tend to value people who introduce some spontaneity in our lives. I had hoped to be that for many people but would be turned away by the voice in my head screaming, “Don’t do it”, for many years. These breaks in routines didn’t have to be big, romantic gestures of change. They can be small little acts, like sticking a joke in the middle of a blog post:

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks. 

How about another one?

If God had really intended man to fly, He’d make it easier to get to the airport.

I enjoy when others give themselves the freedom to express their authentic self, break the molds of the their daily lives, and do so with no apology. I used to admire people who would seemingly let anything roll off their back until I realized anyone can be that. You have to recognize and internalize that you should be living life for you, and no one else. It’s a fairly cliché thing to say, but too often I have seen in myself and others that we live our lives for others including our friends, professors, loved ones, you name it. If you give yourself permission to unveil who you are and do what makes you the most fulfilled, it becomes so much easier to live freely, take risks, and move beyond failure.