My Hero? Optimus Prime

I'm feeling a bit rough as of late.  My life is spinny and a bit swirly...and I mean that in the sense that it fells like my head is actually stuck in an endless cycle of toilet flushes.  Pain and hurt seem rather rampant right now.  Not just in my world, but in the world as a whole.
It's the tough times like these, that force me back to my roots.  To the philosopers of my youth.
When I was a kid I watched Transfomers on Saturday morning.  Personally I preferred the much sillier cartoons like Looney Tunes or Smurfs. But I was drawn to Transformers for one reason.  Optimus Prime.  I would sit through a whole episode just to hear one pearl of wisdom from Optimus Prime.  Prime was the leader of the Autobots (those were the good guys.)  They were usually waging battle against the evil Decepticons.
Prime was depicted as a brave, powerful, wise and compassionate leader who put his talents to use improving the universe around him. Portrayed as having a strong sense of justice and righteousness and dedicated to the protection of all life, particularly the inhabitants of Earth.

My hero. 
I present to you the following list of Prime-isms.  Learn them.  Love them.  Live them.  It's not a request.  It's an order.

'The greatest weakness of humans is their hesitancy to tell others how they love them while they're still alive.'  The time is truly now.  I'm a firm believer in saying words of edification and affirmation when they surround me.  I want the people in my life to know how I adore them.  We have to say it.  Quit reading and go say it.  Go. Now.  I'll wait.

“Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.”  Sam, a human, continues to party it up during a Decepticon invasion...A DECPETICON INVASION!  Prime, in his wisdom speaks these words to him, urging him to stop his foolishness and take up his calling and help save the earth and all its inhabitants.  I'm sure that at some point, we've all discovered this to be true and accurate.  Seldom are we given a choice concerning our fate.  It's going to happen.  It's a much smoother ride if you flow with it.

“Sometimes even the wisest of men and machines can be in error.”  Every once in a while, we just screw it up.  Usually, our intentions are solid, but our methods aren't.  Optimus locked up the Dinobots, who actually saved the Autobots and the earthlings.  He confesses his mistake as soon as he realizes it.  Get around to the admission of the mistake as quickly as you can.  Don't be too harsh with yourself.  We all do it.  It's ok.

"Like us, there’s more to them than meets the eye."  Oh, Optimus.  How I love that you can see inside the souls of men.  Always pondering on the hearts. 

And finally:
“Until that day… till all are one.”In 1986, at the end of the Transfomers movie...the cartoon movie, a dying Optimus Prime addresses the Autobots with these final words as he hands the Matrix over to Ultra Magnus. 

Some day...some day, we'll live as one.  I truly believe this.  We'll get it right.  There is hope for mankind yet.  We are good.  If we just keep working together and helping one another. It may sound juvenile and adolescent...I suppose in many ways it is. 
But, from the silly Saturday morning routine of this little girl, came a wealth of information and wisdom. 
His words...they aren't so very unlike the words of Buddha, or Mohammad, or even Jesus. 
I honor them all.
Who said TV was bad for you?