The Great Fall

We all have people in our lives that we think of as better then ourselves. Those people that we put up on a pedestal and hang on their every word and action. People that we use as a measuring stick for right and wrong. These can be real life people we actually know or celebrities or politicians we only wish we knew. Someone we aspire to emulate. It is all well and good until the pedestal tips and they come tumbling down humpty dumpty style breaking into a million pieces. At first it is a little hard to swallow the demise of an ideal but once you get past that it becomes quite refreshing. Once you realize that they pee and poop on the potty just like everyone else it sort of evens the playing field. All the things that you used to find awkward and weird about yourself become less that way. The things about the pedestal person that you used to see as sparkly perfection fade into average.