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            <title><![CDATA[Superman Isn’t Real]]></title>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*dg8hBGHGY9LlCIIyQW8v9w.jpeg" /></figure><p>Superman isn’t coming, because Superman isn’t real.</p><p>The good news is that we don’t need him.</p><p>The responsibility for saving us and leading us to our BEST lives, is our responsibility and our responsibility alone.</p><p>To put it simply, we need to be the heroes in our lives. And truthfully, doesn’t that make sense to you?</p><p>The person with the MOST power over our lives will always be the person looking back at us in the mirror every morning.</p><p>We are the ones who are making the decisions in our lives.</p><p>We are the ones in charge of our thoughts, words, and actions.</p><p>Most of all..</p><p>We are the ones with the most invested in our overall happiness and wellbeing (or should be)</p><p>Contrary to popular belief, it will never be our employers, our spouses, our parents, or anyone else who hold any power over us.</p><p>Unless we CHOOSE to give them that power, of course.</p><p>Make no mistake though, our power belongs to us.</p><p>The biggest mistake that we’ll ever make in our entire lives is choosing to give that power to someone else.</p><p>Mark Twain said it best … <br>‘The world owes you nothing. It was here first’</p><p>p.s. Didn’t mean to pick on Superman, he’s one of the good guys</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/16/0*vQ-OnbwdfVruz8ua.png" /></figure><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=7f835874d8ed" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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