Failure.
Many have overcome it.
Everyone has experienced it.
Reality TV is really based around it.
True, isn’t it? We watch shows like American Idol, and just as much as we pick winners, we pick the losers, too. We judge the giftedness of others on the largest stage ever devised, and we’re all very comfortable with that. And we even brag about how good we are at deciding who will stay and who will go.
After all, there can only be one winner, right?
We take a moment to say a quick requiem for their broken dreams, usually taking the form of an, “Awwwww, look, they’re crying.”
We have all become very good at this. Our cynical nature takes over, sometimes from the moment we see them. That’s what happened in the video linked below. However, as reality (but not necessarily Reality TV) often does, it surprises us.
Cynicism, while often giving us an excuse to laugh, may not be the best thing for the soul. Cynicism tends to expose the bankruptcy and emptyness of the judge rather than the judged.