Now, I will start by saying that I will probably catch some grief from this. Of course that also means that more than the usual suspects would have to read this, but just the same. I'm thinking that I will catch some grief because of my last blog post. If you read my last post you know what I'm talking about, but if you didn't you soon will. With that said, this blog is about celebrities, pedestals, and how at the end of the day they are just people.
We place celebrities on these pedestals. We stick them in the limelight and we expect them to act like they are these perfect humans that never falter. Basically, we want them to be more than us and never ever make a mistake. We want them to do what us little folk cannot. We tend to forget that they really are no more than us. They are human.
Now, this is where my last post comes in to play. Yes, in a way I tend to forget that as well. However, my thought is this: I would expect any human, big or small, to acknowledge me if I say something to them and I will leave it at that since that was the point of the last blog and not this one.
Back to the point of this blog and what has brought it up. A certain country music man was caught in the acts of some PDA with a woman that was not his wife. Now, I'm not going to say who, because it is not place to put him in the realms of judgment. Anyway, this many was caught in pictures in this act. Having seen these pictures, I say this, they are questionable but also very incriminating. I can see two sides to this story and I don't rely on tabloids for my fact based information, but these pictures will not do much for his case.
Within a minute of me finding out about the story, numerous people in both Facebook and twitter (Yes, I twitter and I also blame it on cowboys and their need to evolve) had started expressing their disappointed and anger towards this particular music man. I know everyone is entitled to their opinion and those that know me best know that I go out of my way to not only accept, appreciate, and acknowledge this, but I also defend those that state their opinion. For some reason, though, I found myself annoyed and felt the need to take to my blog to voice my opinion.
This man, whether he is truly guilty or not, is just a man. Now, I know man is a relative term in this case since he is being accused of cheating on his wife, but that is a whole other soapbox that I'm not touching right now. The point is, he's a man and more important he's human.
Just because God has blessed him with a career that most cannot even begin to imagine and one that has put him in the ranks of the riches and limelight, he's not invincible and he's not a being from another planet. He's not without his faults and he is not without imperfections. None of us our. However, when these people get placed in the limelight, we expect them to be and that is not only unfair but also unrealistic. They are people and people are perfectly imperfect.
Now the graces of star stricken expectations really are beyond me, because ultimately that is just not my thing. I'm not impressed by the "starness" as much as I am the person. Every "celebrity" that I respect has proven that they are one worth deserving my respect. Actions always speak louder than words and I'm not going to judge you or shun you, because you made a mistake. That is unless you continuously lie about it and then you and I are going to have issues, but most the ones that I respect and cherish in the "celebrity" status are those that own themselves and proven that they don't see themselves as just being celebrities and therefore above me. Even then I do not cherish the celebrity, I cherish the person.
We forget that these people are just human. There are people that cheat on their better half every single day. There are people that get in domestic disputes every single day. There are people that get wrapped up in drugs and alcohol EVERY SINGLE DAY. The only difference between those people and these celebrities is that these celebrities have made the mistake of choosing a profession in which puts them in the limelight and therefore their every move in the spotlight. To me that would be their truest fault. Not that they did something stupid or had a moment of ultimate weakness in which they could not overcome.
By no means am I condoning these acts, because believe me if you have cheated and it was me, you would be a few parts less human than what you were before you cheated. Just the same, it is not my place to judge another for his faults. That is between them, their FAMILY, and their God. I, as a person, am strong enough in my beliefs and my morals that associated with a person of fault isn't going to make me any less of a person. I'm not going to condone your actions and I'm certainly not going to pretend to act like they are okay, but as long as you did not murder, steal, rape, or pedophile, my place is not to condemn you that is God's place. Reprimand you, yes. Lecture you, probably so, but condemn you I will not do nor should anyone else.
Though, I will not preach about religion nor quote the bible (I mean anyone that knows me also knows that God and I are not always on speaking terms), I will say this: whatever your belief is and whoever your GOD is (if you have one), we are all here for the same reason. We were not put on this earth for all this fighting, hate, judgement, and what have you. We were put on this earth to live as one and to find a way to work in harmony. Yes, that sounds all after school special, but seriously. We are who we are for a reason and if we think that we have the right to judge someone than we are sadly mistaken. We have no right to judge anyone, but what we can do is offer a piece of our own wisdom of what we think should be. We should teach someone by supporting them and offering them nonjudgmental advise. We help others, not only by helping ourselves, but helping them by just being there for them.
We live by falling, but we learn from experience. One shall not judge those around him for they are their own person and the way that they live is equivalent to the route their path is supposed to take. We should look on with a light hand and be prepared to pull them from the depths of the firey abyss when they fall. That is our true purpose in life. Not to put celebrities on pedestals and then get mad and disappointed when they fall. It is not their fault that we expected more out of them. Even the mighty fall, folks, stop acting like we have the power to judge another and just start accepting that everyone is just a person with their own imperfections. We are perfectly imperfect like a fine cut diamond.
Live, laugh, love, and let it ride.
~smh~
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