I certainly had one.
To this day – I still admire him.
And I use the term “him” oddly, because I know there is no real “him”.
He wasn’t real.
But the idea of “him” was always real.
And yes, I still admire him.
Nothing ever got him down.
Nothing bothered him.
Any bad situation he got himself into, he just buckled down and got himself out of it.
And he always finished on top.
ALWAYS!!!
Sure, people tried to beat him in something – he always came out on top.
Sure, people always tried to take advantage of him – but he always turned the tables and beat them at their own game.
Did he make mistakes, certainly.
He recovered.
He adapted.
He moved on.
Somehow those mistakes always seemed to happen because of a wrong turn he took in Albuquerque.
You’d think he’d learn his lesson and steer clear of Albuquerque – but no, again and again he’d take that wrong turn.
But he always recovered.
ALWAYS.
Nothing got him down.
NOTHING got the better of him.
And that’s what I always tried to be like.
I know I couldn’t “BE” him, I mean, even when young I wasn’t foolish enough to think I could “BE” him or even “BECOME” him.
But I always admired him.
And when I was young, little even, when BigJimmy was nothing more than a LittleJimmy, I’d wake up every Saturday morning eager to find out what adventures he was finding himself in.
And as usual, Bugs never let me down.
NOW, you might know him as Bugs Bunny and that’s fine.
But he and I had an understanding.
We connected with each other on another level, and I’d like to think we were on a first name basis.
Maybe I was young and impressionable enough to even call him “my hero”.
I mean seriously, other kids had Superman as their hero.
And others watched Batman on TV and he was their hero.
And they too were not real and we can culturally accept little kids referring to Batman and Superman as “heroes”.
So why not Bugs?
Bugs took on bad guys.
Bugs championed the little guys.
So yes, Bugs was my hero.
And even now, as a grown ass man, I still admire by buddy, my old pal, Bugs.
I want to live my life as Bugs led his.
Nothing got him down.
Nothing bothered him.
As I got older, I had other influences and other people I looked up to, mainly athletes and sports personalities.
But they could never replace Bugs.
The forever optimist.
As a people, we should all strive to be like Bugs.
I often hear and read, WWJD?
And I try to make decisions with that in mind.
But I also have my own mantra when I’m in a tough situation, or I need to make a tough decision.
Or, if I ever find myself in at a fork in the road in Alburquerque, I will ask myself …..
WWBBD?
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