Week 25: Qualities of an Idol-Scott

My Idol is Unique
By Miranda Scott
Main Street Middle School, Grade 8

My idol isn't really one person. It's many people combined. There are specific traits I like about each one. My "combined" idol is unique. They don't follow the crowd--they like to swim around it. They have their own creative style and personality like no one else. My idol is creative. They love to express themselves in poetic ways, whether it's through music, art, or even sports.

My idol is kind to everyone they meet. They don't care who that person is, or how terrible they are, they look past that and into the person inside--the scared, sad person who only wants to be liked by the people around them. And lastly, my idol is strong. Not physically exactly, but emotionally. Whatever people say about them, they don't care, they don't even flinch. Their saying is: "Don't think of it as a bad thing, but a good thing gone wrong." In other words: "Don't let the bad get you down."

If I met my idol, it would be amazing. There would be so many questions I'd like to ask them, but I couldn't. Because I know I would only be able to think of one: "How do you do it?" I'd want to know how they act the way they do, so carefree and far away from the troubles of the world. Their answer would inspire me to do the same. I could just imagine it. Once I was inspired, I could inspire someone else, and they could inspire another person, and that person could inspire another, and so on. My idol would start a chain of people who float from day to day, always with a smile on their face and nothing could bring them down.

It's like what I always say to myself: "It only takes one to spark the other, to sing to the other, to laugh to the other, to yell to the other..."