We Root For Ourselves

We love these stories because they are about people who find something within themselves that even they didn’t know was there.  That discovery gives them the power to defeat the most overwhelming enemies and situations — and because it comes from inside, this power can never be taken away.  We all need, in big ways and small, to believe that if we dig deep enough we can find the confidence, the abilities, the self-possession to defeat whatever dark powers life arrays against us.  We root for the hero because we root for ourselves.
—    Robert Capps
[This quote is from the article “74 Things Every Great Star Wars Movie Needs” in the Feb. 2013 issue of Wired Magazine.  The link to the article is: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/02/ff-star-wars-is-back/
The interesting thing (to me anyway) is that in the article this is number “9”, but on the web, it’s number “13”.  I guess there was some subtle change in universal existence between the hardcopy and the virtual world.  On second thought, maybe it’s a bit prophetic as I’ve been a subscriber for 13 years now… since 2000.  If you’ve never checked it out, the magazine is highly recommended.    —    KMAB]
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