Walk with M3..: Being famous

It's funny sometimes how I'd just sit back and think to myself, "Wouldn't it be nice to be famous?"

As we live in this contemporary society, we sometimes feel the need to "belong". Would you prefer to have people around you or just yourself with your silly old shadow like the graphic below?

Well, I must say that it doesn't really matter being alone or not. Sometimes, we as humans need our lil' own 'private space'. It's interesting to also note that it has become a popular culture that we sometimes have the urge to 'get involved'. If not, we'll feel lonely, disappointed, depressed, etc. Fellow readers, this blog is more of a descriptive post. Not too much of an opinion based like the rest.

What do I mean by popular culture? Well, it's simple. Take your own definition of 'popular' with again, your own definition of 'culture' and there you have it. Told you it was simple. Nonetheless, my definition of popular culture would be, "the norm of a social group which somehow pressures others to follow suit". If this would be the case, then it is no wonder we live in a world fill with either happiness or misery.

Take 'fear' for example. Yes, fear. In today's world, everything is accounted to fear. Be it workplaces or even at school, fear plays a major role in the lives of everyone, conciously or sub-conciously. Ever wonder why you wouldn't take that path under a working crane carrying a big pile of metal? Yes, many of you would agree that you have to be stupid to walk under that crane for even a blind man can tell that walking under a working crane carrying a big pile of metal could be dangerous. What if one person started walking under it, followed by another, then another, then everyone would feel that 'it's ok'. Alright, maybe that example isn't that clear-cut but something similar to that, you guys get the idea.

Now, what do all that have to do with today's topic? Simple. Being famous could also be accountable to the 'pressure' we face. Doesn't matter what conforms us to such believes, the media, friends, whatever and whoever. The simple thing is that we as normal humans are just trying to live our lives just like everyone else. (Right, some might say, "I'm living my own life, my way!") Deep down, you guys are just living LIKE everyone else. Back to my topic then. It's so easy that when we see our very favourite own celebrity, we think to ourselves, "I want to be just like them!". Again, looking at our friends being all well-knowned, smart, etc., "I want to be just like them!".

My friends, it's not wrong to have such thoughts if such thoughts only condone you to improve yourselves. Don't get pressured if you can't achieved such levels. Then again, it is after all not good to get envious over someone. As the saying goes, "Be satisfied with what and who you are." I know most of us have already done an excellent job by feeling sastisfied with our current state, but some people out there just want to be 'even better'. Getting 'even better' won't exist if you don't realise your current state. You are who you are. Everyone is gifted. You might not be THAT intelligent, but you MIGHT be athletic, so on and so forth.

Could it be that we are 'pressured' by our peers for the need to fall in love with someone or even start a relationship? But anyhow, be content with what you are and what you have. It's not wrong to move a step further but make sure it does not become your own downfall. As for 'fear', we have seen that life has become safer as human society has experimented and developed its understanding of natural and social processes. Is it not that the virtues that are held up now are passivity rather than activism and safety rather than boldness?

Let it be said then that "you are already famous for being who you are".