We all need an Icon of Destiny. We need icons. We need those people that have come before, we need those people who espouse truth. we need that person who has risen when life leveled them.
False Icons
The false icons, of course, are the ones that don’t build, that don’t build a positive future. We can find some of that in all of our icons. We don’t want a point to these failed pieces as a warning. But I will say this that it has been my experience that one should not place their trust in functionaries, bureaucrats, elected officials, and intermediaries. The reason is because it is not their nature to be an icon of destiny.
It doesn’t mean that they’re bad people. It means that they’re not that icon of destiny, also know that the statement, “Never be your heroes,” is more than true.
Because people are people. They cannot live up to the constructed idea that you’ve projected upon them. So, it’s not about the person but the attributes.
See the value that they project so choose your three icons. I like three, you might choose four, you might only have one, but perform this little audit on them. Write their name and underneath their name right that positive attitude. That positive narrative, that thing that makes them that special icon for you. Then write the negative.
Teddy Roosevelt
I will give you an example. One of my icons for the longest time has been Teddy Roosevelt the 26th president of the United States. Roosevelt was a martial artist, he did amazing things, and he also was an example of an incredible will to power.
I liked his rough and tumble, no-nonsense approach to life. The mental and physical toughness that he didn’t start life out with. Yet I sadly look at his later years. He acted recklessly regarding his health and to other’s feelings. He’s a real icon, one I can realistically live with and lean into and that’s the drill. Take your great examples of who your icon was and what they embody and recognize their faults as well.
Understand it doesn’t make them a failure. It doesn’t diminish the good, the good of the example of the ascendant behavior the icon of destiny.
Teddy Roosevelt video: Theodore Roosevelt: The Old Lion
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