There is always someone watching us and ready to copy what we do. It could be our children, grand-children, relatives, friends, colleagues or even neighbours or people we do not know.
We really cannot help being a role model. It is not up to us.
What is up to us is whether we are a good or a bad role model.
Do we set a good example by the way we live, what we say, how we behave and how others see us?
Are we the life and soul of the party, or do we brighten up the place by just leaving it?
When we are dead and gone will people talk about who we were or what we have done?
Consider this: Years ago, if you were a Christian people would respect you perhaps, or be polite to you; even if they did not agree with your beliefs. Today, they would most probably ridicule you behind your back and think you're a bit weird in believing in an old man with a beard sitting on a cloud trying to oversee the world.
Being a role model carries a lot of responsibility. Have we by our example led other people to an eternity in Paradise ... or to the other place?
And here is the real test: If you were another person watching you, would you want to copy what you are doing in life and the way you live?
The British royal family and Lord Mandleson are great role models, filthy degenerates are motivation for parents to keep an eye on their kids.
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