I recieved word over the radio that a real life hero (not some distant celebrity), is accused of a terrible thing. I am not going to focus on the allegations, but the impact of this tragic situation. I have had many "celebrity" heroes, and many of them have failed in one way or another (with the exception of "Wierd" Al Yankovic, he is still awesome). I have never experienced the impact of a real life hero's failure. This pain, confusion, this shaking of my perceptions is new to me. All humans make mistakes, and that is expected; however, when you achieve greatness on some level and then fall from such a height, the shockwave shakes the ground. The dammage spreads to others. Forget about the "healing" process, we are still in the dammage control phase. It is unknown how many people will be hurt, confused, dismayed, or just plain jaded from this. Achieving greatness seems to be the easy part, maintaining greatness looks to be the real test.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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The goal should never be to be "great", the goal should be to live an honest life before God and man.
This tragedy is rocking many people right now, but our stand needs to be on the side of healing and restoration.
We should forget about god, and focus on the reality of good for the sake of good. We don't need, and don't have a sky-daddy to be accountable to. We are accountable to ourselves, and our brothers and sisters who share this tiny speck of dust we call earth. Peace, & may you adjust to a life without iron age mythology.
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