Who is prime in your life? Who do you notice? Are they the gussied-up people of celebrity? People on television or a movie screen? Famous leaders in government?
Or do you notice the plain people? Those who have nondescript jobs, but provide for their families?
Do you think one is better than the other? Which would you rather be?
I think the answer depends on whether we are thinking long-term, or for the moment.
I think we need to be real about ourselves and others. Real about our purpose in life.
A lot of attention used to be paid to the difference between fact and is fiction, to what is a dream and what is reality for most people. But mostly, attention used to be paid to what kind of a person each of us was meant to be, no matter the position we held.
For the most part, that has changed greatly.
The people who get the most attention are often very unsavory, shallow people, concerned about themselves, not others. Too bad, because our eternity depends on how we take care–really take care–of others.
Translating a World on the Edge 