Choose Beyond Fame

Why do people run after fame? How does it matter anyway? It's truckloads of momentary attention , maybe more power than you could have possibly digested in a lifetime, internet or media frenzy. And perhaps, more girls or boys running after you. But the question is, does all that really matter.

It's about an image you create after all.  A constructed proposition. You project yourself as a certain someone, mostly. You do that to gain attention and prance under the spotlight. But does that define what you are actually made up of?

Fame is such a short lived concept, if you ask me. Two months, two years perhaps. A decade if you're lucky. It takes balls to last a century. Not many of us have that in us, do we. The ones who do, hardly are seen pursuing fame. It comes naturally to them. The rare kind.

So why not make peace with it. Why not embrace normalcy. I don't mean to say that we give up our individuality. But I feel there is something special about anonymity. It gives you space and power to re-invent, recreate. You don't owe any explanations for the mistakes you make. You can laugh at them, on the contrary. I love this space.

Even the not-so-great-achievers possess a few qualities that we cherish and feel good about. Mostly, we don't share these ideas about ourselves. They are too deep. Too inward. Nonetheless, we know they exist.