Christopher Reeve wasn't just a superb actor, he was a living example of a Superman. After a debilitating accident, he continued to contribute to society and inspire others. Have you done enough to make this world a better place? I still remember the day Superman died. It's been a few years now, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was traversing the airport in Reno, Nevada and I saw the headlines. There were about 12 different newspapers for sale - they were all in their machines - and I caught the headlines: "Superman Dies at 52". The day prior Christopher Reeve had been with his son, watching him at a sporting event. It's not easy to be a quadriplegic and move around. It would've been so much easier to stay in the house, to watch T.V. He was made a quadriplegic in a horse-riding accident, by the way. He played the most virile role on Earth... He was a superb actor, an example of a master craftsman. You know the person by the work they do. He was superb - and though he went from that most virile role to a quadriplegic racked with pain and needing help, he never quit being a hero. Prior, yes, but certainly post-accident, his life was for others. He had a family; he was a motivational speaker. They'd put him up on an incline, and he could barely move. He could move his eyeballs - and he could speak. And it was with great effort. And he put everything he could into it, so that he could help, encourage, and inspire others. We've all got our individual paths, and it's not up for everybody to be a Superman - that's not what's required. But what is, something you should learn from this and that you should apply to yourself, is the heroic effort in a cause bigger than yourself. You see, we are stewards of the gift of life, of the Life Force. That's why they call the time we live a present. In the evolutionary scheme of the Gods, yes, the world is intended to be better because we lived. If we have lived. If we have lived, as Tennyson puts it in the mouth of Ulysses, "Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods". Why not? You certainly can. That's the way Superman lived. And if a quadriplegic can do it, a man racked with pain who required so much additional effort to do anything that you or I as normal people can do easily - well... It's time we recognize the hero, drop our excuses, and strive to live the heroic life. Yesterday he was fine. Today he is gone. RIP. It's not for everyone to be a Superman. But it is to be noble & to leave a noble legacy. Apply yourself in a heroic effort in a cause bigger than yourself.
About the Author: Ted Ciuba had a rough upbringing in the North Texas town of Wichita Falls, which included one episode in which he out-ran a string of lights and sirens on a motorcycle. His early adult years were no smoother, & after a few years as a roustabout in the oilfields, Ciuba tried his hand at selling, which, while he learned a lot, he earned very little... And so he found himself living in his late 30's hiding out from bill collectors in a single-axle camper trailer on the western edge of the Davidson County line. But that was about to change. He escaped to California, and with his love of language, found himself with a handful of advanced degrees, suiting him for teaching at California State University. It was there... along came the Internet. Ciuba embraced it, certain it was the future. He made his first commercial money online in 1994, and quickly rose to being celebrated as America's Foremost Internet Marketing Consultant. He was the original founder of World Internet Summit (www.TheWorldInternetSummit.com), the largest Internet training organization in the world. His ecommerce system, www.AutoPilotRiches.com is the standard the Internet Marketing gurus use. Though he's stepped down from World Internet Summit to follow his human potential interests, Ciuba is still active in internet marketing, driving hordes of buying traffic to small & medium sized businesses. (Visit http: //BePro11.com to see how he can help you.) And then, in an effort to help his students & coaching clients, he began teaching the success classic, Napoleon Hill's Think & Grow Rich. But all did not go smoothly... Because it needed a serious updating after 70+ years of loyal service. (Story at http: //s4m2.co/originstntagr ) Thus was born the bestseller, *The New Think And Grow Rich* by Ted Ciuba, establishing Ciuba as a top human potential trainer worldwide. Mentor's Magazine calls him "Napoleon Hill of the Modern Age". He says anyone of normal human capacity can get rich, because... "One person getting rich while another continues the struggle is not about characteristics, traits, & capacities not equally distributed in a normal human being... What makes the difference is when the light switches on, a person decides, stokes their desire, builds intelligent plans, & follows through, embracing the normal adventures of any great undertaking." To discover how Ted Ciuba's books, products, speaking, training, coaching, & mentoring programs can help you, visit http: //HoloMagic.com