I have always pictured myself living the high end life style, jet setting around the world, having house keepers and acres of land as my back garden. I strive on ambition, having something to work for but sometimes I struggle to keep up with myself.
Jealousy is not a pretty emotion but I am sure that I am not the only one that has encountered it. There are people who will always be better off than me and that will be more well known than me too. In reality, I think it is this bitter feeling that tends to drive me into working harder to make dreams into a reality.
I am sure most of you watch the news and have heard the tragic news of Robin Williams and various other famous people such as Amy Winehouse. When you discover that their death was caused by suicide, it makes you sit back and think, having such fame and fortune most people would have thought they would have had extravagant happy lifestyles but apparently we were wrong.
Is fame what everyone makes out to be? Clearly it is something that can be quite disstressful not being able to live an average life, with the extremes of attending award ceremonies, not being able to leave your house without paparazzi following your every foot step and being seen as something quite iconic. Many celebrities are finding themselves in rehabilitation due to drug and alcohol abuse which normally starts with the inability to continue living such a stressful high strung lifestyle.
What about fortune? Let’s look at it from a non-celebrity point of view. I have heard stories from various individuals who have been blessed with great wealth, who have discovered that money cannot buy happiness. Many of us fashionistas would agree that designer clothing would be very welcome, but after experiencing the thrill of being able to afford whatever you want, whenever you want, it can become something that is actually quite dull. True friends tend to fade away and your friends tend to become those that have become new money or those that just want to leach off your wealth.
It does make me appreciate what I have, clearly fame and fortune is not what it is made out to be. I take my happiness for granted, but I am lucky to encounter something so priceless.
I hope and pray that for the various people who have taken their lives that they finally find the peace and happiness that they could not find in life.
