Archetypes and the Collective

Be the Hero.

 Being the hero seems Hollywood to me. Someone who needs everyone to look upon them while they do this amazing deed so that their atta boys are fully stacked, Hollywood. Being the Hero to me is doing what's right and no one ever knowing it was you. Indeed I want people to give me props when I work hard and completed a task that's seemed impossible but no one knows I've saved lives multiple times. They may know I use to purchase dozens of flowers for Valentine's day just to give them away to random people Or, that I have sent toys and coloring books and jackets to the homeless or feed the homeless for that matter. I do I because i'm a good person and the people needed what I could give.

Being the Hero isn't what you would think. The spotlight is a cold place of relentless asking from everyone. Working in the shadows like a bandit is preferred. Everyone is happy and they will believe there is a God or good energy coming their way finally after all their suffering. It's just kindness. Having an archetype such as is a heavy responsibility, if you treat it that way. For me, it's a jarring burden by I can not help myself. To see suffering tears my heart apart. I can't sit by and watch, I have to help. A gift, a blessing, a lesson, and a curse all wrapped into one. I did not ask for this nor would I pick this for myself. But, because I do have this archetype, I challenge myself to dip a toe, just to see what it's like. Allow myself to be the good guy in the shadows or full out. Who would I be? Where would that take me? How would I change things? Where would I begin? ...looks like I'll start, right, here.