Aren’t we just human?

Look around you, in the news, on TV, on the radio, there are thousands of people doing things they are fantastic at. You have impressive actors, singers, philanthrophists, great businessmen glaring in your face. More common examples around us are great fathers and mothers who have given their all to make their kids into good humans. We look at such people with awe, wonder what makes them be what they’ve become. An entire lifetime spent working towards a singular or maybe a few goals really shows.
People hold great expectations from others, to be good in a lot of things, but everyone makes mistakes, not everyone is good at everything, not everyone enjoys doing some things. Behind the brilliant front man, there may be a person who stumbles, makes mistakes, acts like a complete jerk.

Isn’t it true that we expect a bit too much from others? Aren’t they human too? Aren’t we human too? Perhaps if we put ourselves in their shoes we would understand and accept this humaness. At the end of the day, our idols are human too, they have some redeaming qualities that make them our idols, yours and mine. Do we shun others who try? I see no reason to.

On stage yesterday atleast 3 contestants messed up from a little to a lot. They got a lot of sympathy off stage, about as much as the booing on stage, just the way I did last year. I don’t think they deserved the sympathy, because they are better than the rest of the crowd, just because they dared to go up, to try and speak their mind, albeit they were lousy at it. They were perhaps as big winners as the real winners. My congratulations to the winners too, you did a fantastic job. The losers, dare you lose heart, you have a long way to go.

The show must go on. My apologies for the late blog entry.