Not A Role Model

​Charles Barkley famously said he was “not a role model” and as a kid I didn’t understand that. As I grew up though, I realized that there are no heroes. No one is perfect, and usually the people we look up to at the pinnacle of their field are deeply flawed human beings. A person that a lot of us looked up to as a kid has just passed on, and the lasting memory of him will not be the peak of his popularity, but of being a genuinely horrible, delusional human being. Look up to yourself, admire people’s good qualities, and remember that none of us are any better than anyone else. I’m not someone to be admired nor is anyone else whose sole qualification is rejecting the outside world in favor of pursuing niche excellence.