Celebrity, Influencer, Superstar, Person

I’ve heard all of these terms throughout my life but as I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that the all the people described by the first three are also just the last as the same term. No one person is more important than another in the grand scheme of things.

There is a difference between the first three but they’ve all managed to make their words very valuable to others whether they should be or not.

Now I admit I still enjoy the work of some celebrities. From different musicians to good actors. I enjoy elements of pop culture. Though I tend to not, and try to not obsess over celebrities and their lives.

Now there are other people in society who are brilliant thinkers, who I certainly pay attention to, but it’s for the ideas and the knowledge they have to back it up. I want to learn from others. But I don’t even think of politicians, writers, and philosophers, and the like as celebrities, influencers, or superstars. Should they be? I don’t particularly think so unless the connotation with these terms was drastically changed.

So be careful who you praise and look up to. Learn what you can from any given person but don’t believe everything you hear, or read, or watch. Consider the reason a person has an influence on society, and do your best to filter out those who don’t provide value to you, or take away value from your life (read: induce jealousy, instead of inspiration). A person’s a person no matter how popular.