How the Superman Pose Can Empower Us All
A simple trick to use when faced with any challenge.
I lifted my chin, placed my fists on my hips, spread my legs, and stood firmly watching the menacing clouds gathering high in the sky.
The first time I used the “superhero pose,” I was on a mountain ridge, 2300 meters high. The more I advanced, the more the ridge resembled a tightrope, and I didn’t have the skills of an acrobat. My mind rambled. Instead of breathing in the spectacular view and draw courage from it or be inspired, my chest was pounding, and I kept envisioning my lifeless body lifted in the air by a rescue helicopter. I was failing.
All my tricks of laughing in the face of danger, singing to distract myself, focusing on the task in front of me were all played out and unsuccessful. Nevermind dancing; that would have helped fulfill the helicopter fantasy sooner. To complete my horror show, stormy clouds were gathering in the distance bringing their thunders’ rumbling closer by the minute.
I placed my backpack in the middle of the narrow path, sat in front of it, and closed my eyes. From an outside perspective, I must have looked like a toddler, refusing to move until my wish was granted.
It was time to invent new tricks.