^"Superheroes Need Not Apply. Boy Scouts, You Should have Warned
   Me." Helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful,
   thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. Except for the clean (I'm
   Messy Marvin grown up - I don't clean up my toys), I took those
   words to heart as a kid as a Boy Scout. Help a stranger in need,
   think of the other guy. Learned boy stuff, make a campfire,
   whittle, campfire songs, first aid, how to Save somebody (or at
   least try), chop a tree, build a fort, how to be a Good Friend,
   Good Samaritan. Self-control (keep your emotions in check). Most
   boys of my generation were in Scouts for a time. But what the
   Boy Scouts DIDN'T tell me, and I wish they did, is the emotional
   toll of being A Helper. The Dark Side of making yourself
   unconditionally available for people is that the world does not
   want a Hero. Superheroes need not apply. "Nobody asked for your
   help." Don't help the little old lady across the street, she
   might trip and sue you. This is the modern message. I have to
   ignore that message - I have to stay strong and help whether or
   not the WANT is there - the NEED is still there, The People
   Still Need Saving. BUT - There are no Merit Badges in Life, Boy
   Scouts. You should have warned me.^