Lack of Inspiration

I was thinking about why the world has so many problems and such a hard time living peacefully with one another. I started to think about who it is we turn to for inspiration on a global level. And that is when it hit me. There aren't any major globally inspirational people left. Pope Benedict is the closest thing we could come, but you hardly ever hear him mentioned. And I can't blame him, John Paul left some big shoes to fill. Looking back, we used to have Pope John Paul, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Stephen Biko and so on. Growing up it seemed like there was always someone you could look to for inspiration. Now I can't think of one public figure. Even Al Gore, who is championing saving the planet from Global Warming, charges you $12.99 for the DVD at the store. I think that we are going to stay in a continual state of disarray until we start getting people to inspire us as a world. Maybe I am being pessimistic, but that is the way it feels to me.