Is this the price we pay for having born as humans? Even a crow sighs “How I wish I was a cuckoo and people sing my praises” – narrates the legend. When animals with limited senses can chase desire, how can humans be spared of hounding behind wants? The echoing retort of anybody today would be to become famous. The TV shows, Big Brother, Rakhi’s Swayamwar all orbit around fame, celebrity. Do we need to be famous to be ourselves? Do we need to glimpse through others’ eyes to see what we are and keep ours half-shut? Do we have to discover ourselves from what is being written in black and white on newspapers? Should we fancy our persona from our pictures on the cover pages of top magazines? Should we value our worth with the number of hits on Google? In today’s life, monetary dreams have become far bleaker compared to a future envisioned with fame. Should we realize our capacity through mere publicity?
Knowledge is to be shared. Talent is to be shown. A musician’s music is to reach a greater audience; an artist’s work is to be displayed in a crowd; a philosopher’s words are to be captured in pages; But, but all these with an intent of educating, benefiting, enlightening more people than be satisfied with the self. With this superior intent comes the flattering offer “fame”. It isn’t easy to turn it away. Fame is good; it paves way to connect to more people; network with a BIGGER group, share and exchange ideas; helps break boundaries. Here ends its kindness. Fame concretes a wall around us, limits our dealings to a class of people-a class that our mind recognizes and fancies. Gives glamour and takes away health; Makes us contemplate additional on it(fame) than the trait-flair that showered us the fame. More hype and less hope; Makes us speculate more on stranger’s comments and heed less our well-wisher’s expressions; Our senses are drilled by the critic’s opinions. We are gifted a life- a life that we accept and embrace – a life that appears ornate, vivid on reviews, TV – but what really goes behind the smiling, “happy” faces ? A complete, agreeable, contented life? Not quite true!
As everything does, fame too is entitled with these two evenly arresting faces of the coin.
The good and “not so good” .While the former gives the artist an arena to strap up his talent, the latter conceals him in a shell of gluttony. In actuality, the worthy and genuine talents would know what to cuddle to.
A life furnished with all that is needed for fulfillment of a day buys more happiness than desperately clinging onto fame.
It does so much good to live distinctive than leading a life of fame.
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Fame is an addiction, and it can get to the head rather quick! MJ is a classic example of this. Too bad, that not many realise that fame can consume you while you enjoy the bliss! Good thought Rev!
Wasn't this announced and advertised post an intent to gain a little fame :).
Fame isn't obsure, isn't an addiction, it's a mere means to grow. Even one with spiritual seeking want's to be famous in the lord's eyes. -- (: Hari Ohm :)
@Amit:There is a hair-line difference between advertizing and "sharing/debating-over opinions".Its coincidentally the same subtle disparity existing between fame and “reaching people”...Pity that most of us fail to observe and take note of that.
No offenses meant. It's as debatable as the thin-line between ego and self-respsect and every now and then, we all tend to waft through these differnces to place us in the zone that best suits the demand of the situation. And still, whether in our subconscious or intentionaly, we all always try to justify that we are on the right side.
Just to be on the safer side myself :), I admit the reading was good.
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