I remember celebrities. I remember admiring athletes, movie stars, astronauts, business leaders and politicians because they were competing for what they believed was good, either on the playing field, the board room, theaters or with thousands of other competitors to become the best they could be.
What happened?
I guess it all started when we found out that the celebrities we cherished were just like the guy down the street with their own personal problems that we all suffer from one time to another.
I remember feeling badly when movie stars would get divorced. It was a scar on people that was never removed and for a long time it was believed that being divorced was such a problem that you couldn't get elected to public office. Former Oklahoma Governor David Boren was said to be thinking about resigning as governor when he suffered a divorce while in office.
What a difference the passage of time makes.
Such is life.
The world turns, and times change.
In the last week, we have had an astronaut go over the edge and a Playboy bunny die, Both stories have dominated the news.
They would like me to mention their names.......I won't.
While these events are sad for the families and involve so many issues, what is even sadder is the impact on society and our young people. Because the young people have been brought up in a time when they may not have had two parents at home. For some, including the parents who couldn't stand being in the same house together, it may have been the best thing for all concerned.
Pendulums swing, and some young people who grew up in broken homes will do everything possible to prevent the same thing happening in their lives, because they know the impact it had on them. Perhaps that will be the result of the last 30 years where the chickens born in the disarray of a decomposing system of realities, has decided that what they had wasn't good enough.
They want better, and something better could be better for our society.
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