Mistakes, Mess-ups, and Movie Stars

I have no idea what that means, but it sounded like it would make a good title. Hold it...yes I do know! We all make mistakes, but most of them go unnoticed by the world at large. The few people that surround us and know us may notice them, but most earthlings have no clue that we even exist, much less make a mistake. However, there are select human beings who have their lives watched and scrutinized by the public, and every little (or big) mess-up in their life is suddenly the headlines in papers across the nation. Why do we watch them like little hawks? Perhaps it is because they appear to be too perfect--they get the beautiful boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse; perfect, fashionable clothes, tons of money, and thousands of people fall in love with them. We see them and become jealous, causing us to hardly wait for them to mess up and prove that they are still human like the rest of the world's population. Perhaps for that small moment, our egos are fed and we feel like we are better than them because they are no longer "perfect." They are brought down to our level, and even lower, for a time. However, we need to realize that they are just like us: human beings who mess up and sin, whether in the public eye or not.