The Real Hero
This has been something that has been on my mind for some time.
I'm absolutely disgusted by how much attention Americans give to Hollywood. Wow.
Access Hollywood, Inside Edition, Entertainment Tonight. Hell - there's a whole damn network dedicated to our darling Hollywood "elite". Ha!
How is it that reciting lines and getting paid more money than 99.9% of hard working people could ever imagine is something that should be idolized?
And then the stories that receive all the press. Tom and Katie (very wierd and who really cares), Jen and Ben, the ever-popular "Bennifer", Jen and that skinny dude, Jen and Brad, Brad and Angelina, Britney and Kevin, Jessica and that poor guy from Cincinnatti who looks like he was dragged into this, Courtney Love, Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Paula Abdul, Ashton and Demi, the list goes on. From scandalous relationships to babies (who the hell else is pregnant now?? Just look at the cover of all those silly magazines in the grocery check out line), drunk driving to phone throwing incidents. Rape trials, molestation trials, murder trials, problems with drugs.
I'm sorry, but I'm quite tired of all of this.
Back in the day when Hollywood meant something with leading ladies like Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn, Ginger Rodgers, my goodness Audrey Hepburn - that's when it was good. Now? Not so much.
My point?
There are so many every-day folks who are the real heroes. They never get a second of press. Ever. From those mothers who have made difficult choices and scarifices of themselves to make better lives for their children, to people who work overtime to put food on the table or have their kids in decent and safe schools. Nurses, teachers, fire fighters - all professions where budgets are getting cut left and right but still they plod on for the love of the job. Small business owners. People taking a chance on themselves and moving 3,000 miles away just to see what is next. People who can keep plants alive for more than a week. (They are heros in my book!) People who drag themselves up from adverse circumstances and turn their lives around for the better, kicking addictions, bad realtionships, homelessness, helplessness. Those brave men and women who have been sent into war for their country - those who make it home and those who did not. That person in the cubical next to you at work who is a joy to be around even on their worst day. Best friends who are there for you when you fall. The retail gal who actually takes the time to help you find what you are looking for (because they LOVE their job) in their store instead of gossiping on the phone behind the desk. There are so many more I can think of.
And I guarantee you not a one would consider themselves a hero.
Well... they are to me.
I'm absolutely disgusted by how much attention Americans give to Hollywood. Wow.
Access Hollywood, Inside Edition, Entertainment Tonight. Hell - there's a whole damn network dedicated to our darling Hollywood "elite". Ha!
How is it that reciting lines and getting paid more money than 99.9% of hard working people could ever imagine is something that should be idolized?
And then the stories that receive all the press. Tom and Katie (very wierd and who really cares), Jen and Ben, the ever-popular "Bennifer", Jen and that skinny dude, Jen and Brad, Brad and Angelina, Britney and Kevin, Jessica and that poor guy from Cincinnatti who looks like he was dragged into this, Courtney Love, Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Paula Abdul, Ashton and Demi, the list goes on. From scandalous relationships to babies (who the hell else is pregnant now?? Just look at the cover of all those silly magazines in the grocery check out line), drunk driving to phone throwing incidents. Rape trials, molestation trials, murder trials, problems with drugs.
I'm sorry, but I'm quite tired of all of this.
Back in the day when Hollywood meant something with leading ladies like Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn, Ginger Rodgers, my goodness Audrey Hepburn - that's when it was good. Now? Not so much.
My point?
There are so many every-day folks who are the real heroes. They never get a second of press. Ever. From those mothers who have made difficult choices and scarifices of themselves to make better lives for their children, to people who work overtime to put food on the table or have their kids in decent and safe schools. Nurses, teachers, fire fighters - all professions where budgets are getting cut left and right but still they plod on for the love of the job. Small business owners. People taking a chance on themselves and moving 3,000 miles away just to see what is next. People who can keep plants alive for more than a week. (They are heros in my book!) People who drag themselves up from adverse circumstances and turn their lives around for the better, kicking addictions, bad realtionships, homelessness, helplessness. Those brave men and women who have been sent into war for their country - those who make it home and those who did not. That person in the cubical next to you at work who is a joy to be around even on their worst day. Best friends who are there for you when you fall. The retail gal who actually takes the time to help you find what you are looking for (because they LOVE their job) in their store instead of gossiping on the phone behind the desk. There are so many more I can think of.
And I guarantee you not a one would consider themselves a hero.
Well... they are to me.
posted by Mama Moon | 3:34 PM
1 Comments:
I LOVE THIS POST! You are so right on. . . Thanks for saying it~ Cya
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