quick read, friend of mine wrote....
There are likely many things we can learn from Superman, such as: how to fool everyone by disguising yourself with a simple pair of nerdy glasses: how to change quickly in confined spaces, and: how to utilize xray vision in a mature and appropriate manner.
Additionally, Superman could teach us how to be sensible. His keen awareness of his vulnerability to Kryptonite ensured he would never tote around a piece of Kryptonite in his back pocket and pull it out at regular intervals throughout the day to determine if it maintains its life and energy sucking properties. He only seemed to happened upon it if he'd been tricked or trapped while trying to save the world.
Next time you pull out your smartphone or scoot up to your computer or cozy up with your laptop, ask yourself, "Am I trying to improve myself; better those around me, or am I testing my strength to see if today at this particular time I can beat the Kryptonite?" There is no building up a tolerance to Kryptonite!
It's been said that nobody on their deathbed has ever stated they wish they'd worked just a little longer. Likewise, I don't think anyone would say they wished they'd spent just another hour or two on their smartphones! At that time you might ask yourself, what if I didn't have my phone in my hand? I could've seen my son make that great play in the game, or really been all present for my friend during that difficult day, or answered a question my child or a friend was leaning on me for my advice, but I hadn't heard them because my focus was on my device.
Go to bed late or miss an event because you had to sift through all the crap to get the creamy pics of how ugly a child tv star is all grown up or how plastic surgery went totally wrong for your favorite sexy idol.
-it's like a dispenser and you keep pushing the button to have it feed you more. It's a buffet of all desserts and the next day all you have to show for it is a sagging brain and black bags under your eyes.
It's like that holiday box of chocolates sitting on the counter that you justify consuming just because they're there.
So just because there might be a YouTube video about how to pluck a pit bull's whisker without getting bitten, doesn't mean that you should spend time watching it (please resist the strong urge to satisfy your curiosity as to whether such a video exists!). Life is too short to be sucked into the highly addictive trap of what useless nonsense awaits you on your Smartphone.
We may just need an alarm like that on our smartphones since a modern day Superman couldn't come to the aid of the millions of people tightly clutching their Kryptonite...but perhaps there's an app for that! In the meantime, beware of the Kryptonite!
