Who inspires you? Even if you don’t identify with Oprah, Magic Johnson or Warren Buffett, it is hard not to want to be like them. One day I want to have a massive fortune and be so free with it that I can give half of it away, like Buffet. My mom and dad move me, too; they are good, successful, law-abiding people. I see myself in many of them, and other “normal,” prosperous people. Their greatness inspires my sense of my own infinite potential.
I marvel, though, when I watch the evening news and neighbors or co-workers are interviewed when someone does something heinous. “He was the nicest guy, and such a good dad,” “she was such a hard-worker and dedicated mom,” or “I can’t believe he would ever do that.” We are surprised when “normal” people do bad things. I am not surprised. I am, again, inspired.
