said you must be a hero

So I'm going to assume you've all seen the Batman movies and understand the reference to this quote from The Dark Knight. 

Commissioner Gordon said it best when speaking to his son, "Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now." 

We all, at some point or another, deserve a hero. Just like at some point we will all need a hero. Oftentimes the hero we deserve is the one we need and other times it doesn't work quite like that. Sometimes we deserve a hero, but that hero won't show up. Sometimes, we have to be our own hero. 

Gotham deserved Batman as their hero, but what they needed was something different. More often than not when we find ourselves down and out the hero we need is us, but we deserve much more. We deserve to be brought up by whatever force sent us down, but that isn't always the case. If our heroes always came to help us rise up I don't think we'd have fallen in the first place. 

The trouble is, being your own hero is a tall task.

My dad wanted to be his own hero when he had fallen. He was the one who had put himself there and he wanted to be his own hero, and maybe he even deserved to be his own hero. The hero he needed was someone much different than he. The hero he needed was my mom. He deserved to be his own hero but he needed my mom to help him become his own hero. And when the dust had settled and the months had passed, he was the hero. 

Our heroes won't come in shining armor and they won't always be suave and handsome. Sometimes the hero is that kid looking back in the mirror. 

When you see yourself you should see a hero of sorts. You should look at yourself and realize that when you are at your lowest point, you'll find that hero. 

Everybody has a hero and everybody will get that hero when their time comes. I believe firmly in that. 

NP: She Will Be Loved- Maroon 5