Micofiction

“The Superhero”

No one seemed to need him anymore. He was lonely and always walked around looking down towards the ground. Everyone used to love him and cheer for him, but lately that just wasn’t the case. He knew that saving people was his purpose in life, and now he just didn’t feel like he had one. He wanted to find a way for the people of the town to look up to him again and actually want him around. It would be difficult, but he was a superhero and if he could fly and save people from harm, then he could definitely figure this out. It was a perfect sunny day and not one cloud could be seen in the sky. The superhero decided to take a long walk and think through everything that he was dealing with. The sun was beating down on him and his feet were beginning to burn from the sand that was underneath them. Finally, after walking for a few hours, he came to a little, white house that seemed to be secluded from the rest of civilization. He decided to take a chance and see if anyone was home. He walked up to the house and knocked on the door, hoping that someone would answer. An older lady came to the door after a few minutes. She invited him into her house and he took her invitation and went in. They sat for hours and talked about many different things and he explained to the lady everything that he was going through and dealing with while he had been back in town. She gave him advice and told him to follow his heart even though it might end up being a hard, long journey, and that if it was something he believed in, he should try to become that superhero that he had once been. He thanked her for the advice and her company and was back on his journey, this time heading back to town, hoping for the best. He arrived in town and to his surprise there were balloons and people cheering everywhere. People had actually noticed that he had left the town and realized all the great things that the superhero had done for them in the past. Now, the superhero was finally getting what he deserved, a celebration of his success and accomplishments. He was finally back to a state of happiness and was no longer in search for who he was because he was himself all along, just who he was meant to be- the superhero.

It took me a while to come up with an issue that I feel very passionate about. I began thinking about myself and what I enjoy doing and the lifestyle that I have. Being healthy by eating right and working out is extremely important to me. I try to get to the gym as much as I can. I feel that the number of obese and overweight people keeps rising in our country and it is a huge issue that people need to start paying more attention to. It is harder for some people to maintain a healthy lifestyle and eat right and work out at a gym, for example because it can become pretty expensive after a while. People's schedules are also very different from one another and it may be harder for some people to find that extra time in their day that they can use to go to a gym and work out. Also, you need to have that drive to be able to push yourself to be able to reach your goals. I feel that if people would take at least 30 minutes a day and do something active they would become healthier and save themselves from some serious health issues down the road. There are so many different workouts that you can join, such as the gym, like Planet Fitness http://www.planetfitness.com/loc.asp?s=NH or Gold's Gym, or a yoga http://www.bikramyogaconcord.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1 or pilates class, for example. I have a membership at Planet Fitness and it's great that you can basically go there anytime you want and work out as long as you would like. This summer I tried Bikram Yoga, which is yoga in a room that is about 105 degrees for an hr. and a half. It was very relaxing and helps get all of the toxins out of your body. It's a great stress reliever. It was a really great experience.
I feel so passionate about the obesity issue that our country has and maintaining a healthy lifestyle because of somethings that I have experienced myself. I had attended the University of Southern Maine for my first year of school before I had transfered here to UNHM. While I was in Maine I had gained quite a bit of weight, but at first didn't really take it seriously or notice it too much. Near the end of the school year there, I would begin feeling a little out of breath after walking up stairs and that had started to scare me a little bit. I decided that summer to start working out regularly and eating healthier foods than what I had been eating when I was away at school. I began losing weight and began feeling a lot better about myself and feeling a lot healthier overall. I feel so strongly about doing good things for your body and keeping it as healthy as you can. You only have one body and you need it to last you the rest of your life, so you might as well take care of it.

First day blogging

This is the first day of blogging for me and I'm sure there are many more to come. This should be pretty interesting ;)