Do you place people on a pedestal?
Elevating them to a position they may not have qualified for?
Do you exalt them—only to act all disappointed and let down when they can’t remain on that lofty perch?

We see this everywhere.

In the sports fields of schools, where parents believe their angel is the next Springbok or Protea.
In the workplace, where the next young prodigy turns out to be just… quite normal.
In politics, where the supposed new saviour arrives, only for us to be slammed into the numb realization that the lofty heights we envisioned for them were nothing more than a projection of our own dream, wish, or hope.

The truth?

Reality is: Greatness takes time—often years—to develop.

If you are on this journey, stay focused.
You can do it.