Random Thought #262: Noah’s Wish (M²)

They say, “never meet your heroes.” Though, if you ask me, it’s less about your heroes, and more about the person who decided to make a stranger a hero…

I don’t think you shouldn’t meet your heroes. I just think you should have appropriate expectations for when you meet them, that being:

None

If you already call them “Hero,” then obviously they’ve already done their job. It’s odd people think they’re owed an autograph..

A little thought experiment I did a long time ago was, “what would I do if I got to spend the day with one of my heroes.” Kinda like a “make-a-wish foundation” kinda thing. The thing is, I already had that belief in me; that my heroes didn’t owe me my perfect day, because they already gave me a good life. So, I’m sure I could come up with cool things to do, but really, I’d just be happy to experience their presence when they don’t feel like they have to perform.

This is kind of a tangent, but there’s an Eminem lyric from a song whose title I can’t quite remember at the moment, but it goes:

“You’ll never meet Marshall..”

I guess if I had to make a wish, it’d be to meet the real “Marshall Mathers”…

But let’s step back to my original thought, or at least try to. The default answer I go to for if I got to spend the day with one of my heroes, I’d ask them what they wanna do. (This is a little bit of a tangent again, but part of my ego likes this answer, because it feels like the one they’re likely to remember. They wouldn’t be granting a fan’s wish; they’d remember “Noah’s Wish”).

I never really thought much about what my day would look like after that. Part of not putting expectations on my heroes is admitting that I really don’t know what they’re like. I have my vision of them, but I’ve also decided to love whatever reality presents…

If I had to guess what most of them would want to do that day, it’d be “Nothing.” A guilt free day where nobody can tell them what to do Since they’re granting my wish. The thought of using my wish to grant them the freedom their art has granted me just fills me with Joy.