Greatness

the problem with greatness is, people tend to associate it with a very few qualities, a few events and anecdotes. No one who has been termed great, ever in the history of humankind, was/is made up of just those few character traits and events. S/he is a complete humain being. The rest need to separate out the heroism from the totality, in order to satisfy their need to look up to something ; something which they strive to become. these are tales, of ordinary people, or may be slightly extraordinary people, converting them into super extraordinary heroes; tales created and spread wide in order to fulfil different objectives at different times. i remember watching a movie, i think it was braveheart, where a common man comes up to the lead character and asks him - i thought you were a gigantic 8 foot tall big muscle guys; but u are just like us; so where did this tale come from , people telling each other about some mythical human who could slaughter enemies like some ancient god-hero. these tales originated because the people needed to believe that someone existed amongst them who could indeed slaughter enemies, so that they, in turn, could garner the courage to stand up against tyranny. thus began the story of a hero. of course a person who has the capacity to be called a hero is also required; but its the need of the hour that creates a hero out of him/her.