^"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.^

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