Idols

 Why do we try to emulate pop music stars or any entertainment people and groups?.  In singing, the lyrics are often uplifting, as is the music, but the lifestyle of many of these people is in need of recovery of one sort or another.  For many, the purpose is for money and ego.  Money buys what destroys them, but we wear clothes like theirs and hair like theirs and so on.  I try to follow people who I meet who are trudging along trying to be the best person they can be one day at a time.  They are not spectacular in a media market sense, but they are my heroes and keep me on a good spiritual path.  And it costs me almost no money.