Heroes...

In setting up this blog, my wife thought I should jump in with both feet... Get a Facebook account (or, more accurately, begin to use the one I set up already), a Flicker account to post pics for friends and family, etc.  That got me going back to my iLike music service and reviewing the info there, which got me heading back to an old MySpace page I set up to find new bands...  They all have the same opening profile questions, right?  Favorite movies, favorite books, Interests, etc. but in one of those (MySpace, I think) there was a question I hadn't seen in the others:  "Who are your heroes?"

This was, and is, my answer...  " Heroes? My wife... My kids... My mom and dad... My friends. Those who came from little and succeeded. Those who started with gifts but overcame obstacles. Those who strived and fell... but got up. Those who made it, not despite hard work but because of it. Those who could take the easy way out, coast, do well... and don't do it that way. Those that have earned what they have, or earned the right to keep it. "

I can understand why some people place some famous people on their lists because hopefully they are people who are as I described above.  But why does anyone list a pop star or movie star as a hero?