when you are a super hero

When you are like I am,
used to solving any problems that come your way,
what do you do to keep your edge when things get too easy?
You can add tasks until your ability is stretched thin.
Things like starting a business or getting married.
Being Dad, teaching my boys how to be super hero's too.
You can fall in love with a girl whose expectations are impossible to meet.
You can try not sleeping, then challenge yourself with fixing it all.

Or you can do what I do -
PRETEND to be able to do all these things.
With my super powers, (which I can't tell you about because it would be too easy to deduce my secret identity if you knew what they were) I can bypass normal limitations!
Situations that would defeat the will of most, bounce off of me as minor speed bumps.
How do I do it?!?
I learned to control my power at a young age and now I have truly mastered it.
I can't be brought down by mere stress or worry.
I'm unflappable!
Unrealistically optimistic!
I can't be bothered by things I can't touch.
Can't be controlled by money, guilt or intimidation.
Can't be overburdened because I can do it all!
If I can't do it today, I'll do it tomorrow!
If not THEN, well,..
EVENTUALLY it will get done!

Uh-oh, I just exposed one of my biggest weaknesses:
Overcommitment.
Underestimating time.
Overestimating my ability.
This brings me back to the part about falling in love with a girl whose expectations are impossible to meet.
A girl who ALSO DOES IT ALL (albeit with a slightly higher stress level and seriousness).
Add a catastrophic injury that prevents her from doing these things herself and WHAMMO!
That's all it takes to set the wheels in motion.
Twice the obligations, as I not only do the things I am duty bound to, but add the things she needs ME to do that SHE used to.

Bad guys the world over are preparing to celebrate the fall!
HA! Don't hold your breath waiting cuz  it ain't happenin!

WE'RE STRONGER THAN EVER!!!

Instead of being a hindrance, she makes me stronger!
Who needs super powers when I have a girl like Kathy?
That's right now you know...

KATHY IS MY SUPER POWER SOURCE!!!

Suckerfish.