Wanted: Greatness!

Yesterday here in America it was Martin Luther King Day, a day created to honor this great man. I got to watch a brief film detailing his life and accomplishments, and I'm more impressed with him than I was before.

A legendary human being.

I think the world is starting to lack in that regard. People who are powerful personalities in life, mourned when they pass on; their lives remembered for years.

Dr. King was certainly one of this dwindling number. And very deserving.

I'm having trouble thinking of others who have the same pull on people. Some world leaders qualify: for good of bad, Yasser Arafat comes to mind. But fewer and few actors, artists, scientists, writers, and others seem to belong to greatness in my opinion. Those few personalities who can change people and ideas into unstoppable force. People that can change the very landscape of the world.

I'm not entirely sure why that is.