Don’t have an idol? You don’t need one!

Nobody is perfect! Period.

We are human beings bound to commit blunders and learn from them. None in the world is error-free.

During childhood I always looked up to the elders and wanted to be like them. I assume it’s customary around the world to compare kids with elders in the family and expect them to behave like the older generation. It helps both ways. It’s the best ego massage to the elders at the same time it recognizes the kid’s effort.

When I attained teens, I upgraded my idol to film and sports stars, which did improve my dressing and hairstyle and a few catchy phrases which they often used on screen.

After studying in best universities and armed with a couple of professional degrees, I got opportunities to brush through some the celebrities in the field of art, business and cinema. During my close encounters with them, I experienced they were no different than me. They had their own complex, fear, and insecurities along with the outstanding qualities which pushed them to top. Time has proven that the biggest sports star can be just as bad at relationship.

While idolizing someone, we are swept with the person’s success, wealth and charisma and of course some extra-ordinary traits which we love or aspire to acquire. Gradually our obsession gets stronger that we start following everything the person does- good or bad and stamp a lifetime visa to commonwood.

After experiencing thirty one summers and winters, I have realized it is a brilliant idea to acquire qualities from celebrities, not the persona. There are uncountable people and objects which inspire me right from a sweeper to Socrates, and from a toddler to Times Square.

I don’t have any idol although I love the James Bond movies, Paulo Coelho books and some qualities of my mom and dad. Don’t be shocked if I share some day that YOU inspired me.