Whether you have the very public life of Jennifer Lopez, going from the Bronx to worldwide stardom or the Unibomber, a man who sequestered himself away into the ultimate singular private doom...you are what you create. Ultimately, what you make of yourself, is truly your own path, your own choice, your own doing. You can transfigure yourself if you so choose. Many a person dealt a bad hand in life has changed it into gold. It really depends upon what you wish for. Make sure that what you want is REALLY what you want.
There have been those who have made it into the spotlight of the world, who then chose to step out of it.
Howard Hughes is one that comes to mind. He created this bigger than life, LIFE then chose to hide from it. He became a haggard, unkempt lonely man.
Greta Garbo wouldn't come out of her home in her later life, but spoke on the phone regularly to people. She gave her last formal interview in 1927. In one interview she asked, "Is it that Americans have no love affairs for themselves, that they have to ask about other peoples'?"
We, as Americans do have a tendency to put famous people on pedestals and try our best to emulate them. Why not just expend that same energy in becoming exclusively US? But, tempered. If you push yourself to constantly want to be in the public eye, to crave that focus, like a Miley Cyrus, or a Kardashian, with the camera held in your hand aimed at yourself, then, this is what you very may well receive...the WORLD STARING at every intricate, intimate detail of your life without regard to privacy.
And often, there isn't much of that anymore in society. Unless the shades are drawn and you hold the world at bay. Otherwise, it seems to be a self-indulgent society run amuk. Every belch, every minute detail of life must be tossed into the public eye for scrutiny. Is this really healthy? What happens if you become famous and you want to pull back? Are you considered SELFISH for that reason? I completely understand why Marshawn Lynch has chosen the path of not being a media darling. It's not his way. He has made inroads into becoming a good human by his ACTS, not by his TV persona, according to the commentators and journalists.
I, for one, am so very happy for those days when I don't have to worry about wearing makeup, or putting on designer clothes, or being judged by peers or strangers by what I am clothed in, how I am expressing myself on the surface.
Creating the self that is COMFORTABLE with oneself can be a lifetime goal...but I welcome it. With no remorse. And no need for selfies!
) so we should be who we are and not feel like we have to be like someone else. We've not all been called to be in the spotlight, but we have been called to be a light to our "world" -- whether that is a family, neighborhood, city or the world. Blessings!
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