Is Talent a Needle in a Haystack?

I recently had a discussion with a peer regarding athletes who had either served time for crimes that they committed or were guilty of immoral activity, especially extramarital affairs. Sports is a form of entertainment, nothing more and nothing less. The admiration that one has towards a team or individual player is based on what one sees and perceives; not what he or she does in his or her private life. We admire accomplishments that we see, and look up to the people who do good in the public eye but are sometimes horrible family people and have bad habits that society has deemed unacceptable.

We often find ourselves fascinated by people performing to the best of their abilities, which makes me wonder what is it that makes us so happy about these spectacles? We pay to see people do their jobs: we go to the movies, plays, comic shows, watch sports, while we complain about the work that we do that nobody really pays to see. In fact, we usually work for people who don't show their thanks, unless something amazing happens.

Being inspired by watching one person pursue his/her dream is what motivates us. It makes us want to find our talents, to play to our strengths. We also need to be playing to the sources of our personal greatness: what truly fuels our hearts.

I started out talking about one's image, and the way that people are perceived. Performers, athletes and public figures no matter how much money they are making, or who is watching them are generally following their hearts and pursuing their dreams. What goes on behind closed doors should make it easier to decipher the good people from the talented people. It's rare to find both, but if and hopefully when you do, well, that's just fabulous.