Maybe it's just the kind of revelations one has at midnight, but I realized something interesting about the influences of other people today. Perhaps you've already thought of this...but perhaps you haven't.
When I was younger, I always wondered how people could be obsessed with celebrities and clothing styles and actually try to follow it. I didn't understand how people would possibly lower their standards simply because of someone they saw on screen.
But I realized that if you find a celebrity that you really like -- or who has a particularly good sense of style, you find yourself deciding that they really must be decent people in real life. (and perhaps they are.)
Until, there's some photo of them wearing something hideous or doing something stupid, or something that violates a particular standard of modesty that you hold -- and you change your mind.
Or....maybe you don't.
Because when you like a person well enough, strong enough, and if you're not strong yourself, you might just find yourself lowering your own standard so that you can continue liking said celebrity. It's as if some distant part of your psyche convinces you that it's really okay -- because of how much you want to believe they are decent people, not affected at all by the corruptness of hollywood.
I don't want to let media define who I am. I will not be held captive by such petty things. Lately I think I've allowed myself to follow the happy world of showbuzz, but I'm tired of watching their onscreen lives. Time to live my own.
What about you?
Absolutely! And to take it a step further, that's the same power that we hold over those younger than us- just like your persuasive. It's a hard thing to realize that even "good" people are not always right, and also that younger eyes are watching everything we do all of the time.
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