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beauty, betrayal, Brangelina, celebrity, fame, introspection, joy & peace, know your value, love & heartbreak, marriage & divorce, values
Rejoice. Count your blessings. Discover paradise.
The avalanche of celebrity breakups is a boon in disguise for us. Of course, it’s ghoulish to prey upon celebrity divorces. It’s perverse to spit into their crystal palace – or pee into their goldfish bowl. It’s demoniac to relish their ugly skeletons. It’s voyeuristic, it’s parasitic. It’s –
– cathartic. Liberating. Introspective. Epiphanic.
You see that millionaire Adonis with the killer dance moves & a billion drooling fans? Well, his wife is all smiles as she celebrates escape from his gilded cage.
See that gal whose taut globes are the envy of the globe; who has fame & wealth firmly scissored between her equally taut calves? Well, her husband is straining at the leash & frothing at the mouth.
So why on earth are you cribbing about your thigh cellulite & receding hairline? Washboard abs & glossy hair don’t guarantee happiness. Why pursue that elusive promotion – they don’t guarantee happiness either. How dare you sneer at the gift of togetherness with your partner – when loneliness is the new epidemic?
You & I are lucky to be non-celebrities. Our bad hair day doesn’t get international headlines, our daily battle with the maid doesn’t get splashed in tabloids, our pensive frown doesn’t get dissected by paparazzi as ‘Trouble in Heaven.’
Celebrities don’t live a fantasy life, they live a hunted life. They don’t live a dream, they live an illusion.
Looks, fame, wealth, fans, status are mirages. Utopia lies elsewhere – in your own house & life; in your kids & wife; in your smiles & strife.
You don’t need a brand new partner to be joyous. You just need new eyes to rediscover your existing partner.
Impractical Dreamer 
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I’m glad it tickled your funny bone
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Well said – not all aspects of the lifestyle that most people aspire for, are equally desirable.
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True, it’s up to us to prioritize them, and select the ones we wish to better, alter, improve and work upon
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Fame has a price to pay ! And the price is their privacy .. Yes we are lucky to have that privacy .. No one comes bragging why you fought the other day 😄
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Correct! I’d select privacy over fame anyday.
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Excellent post! I totally agree with you.
Yet, fame is such a tempting thing! 😀
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Yes, but even fame can be obscure & safe. Like, being a non best selling, but well received author. The circles may be different, more close knit, more eclectic, where your value is valued yet you are free from the trappings of stardom. Now I wouldn’t mind that kind of fame! 🙂
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Being famous is a tough full time job. According to a study conducted by the Michigan School of Professional Psychology, they have to live up to others’ expectations. It is a vicious cycle. They work constantly to satisfy a hungry and demanding public. They have an obligation to be nice to everyone. That is exhausting.
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One can only pity them more than envy them. It should be a warning sign for wannabes who sigh & say – I want to be famous one day. Little do they know the dangers lurking beneath stardom.
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A very well written post.
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Thank you!
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Love your concluding sentence Sweety.. Too many think the grass is greener.. And think ‘Things’ make them happy or spend time searching for happiness.. When really Happiness is a state of BEing within.. Thank you for sharing these thoughts..
Blessings
Sue
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Thank you! We do need perspective nowadays, else we get drowned in the cacophony of modern world that tries to substitute human values with commerce
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xxx ❤
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What we desire ,is not what we need. What we need is not what we desire.
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True. One should learn to discern and prioritize
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Fame comes with its own set of issues.
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Indeed it does.
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