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We’re not news. We’re still married. We raised our kids together – made some doozy mistakes, but they survived. We’re not materially rich – unless we’re compared with the majority of the word, then we are. We’re not materially poor – unless we’re compared with some oil sheiks and a software billionaire, but that’s relative.
We have daily activities, none of them newsworthy – well, maybe a child or two listed for sports or academic honors in the local paper. We’ve had promotions along our careers, and we’ve been “downsized”, too.
We attend church regularly. We have a ministry for Christ – some teach, some preach, some drive buses, some clean, some plan, some lead Vacation Bible School, some cook, some care for babies in the nursery. We visit the shut-ins, the unsaved, the sick, the new babies, the new members.
We’re not news. Isn’t that wonderful, in so many ways? We’ve never hidden from reporters, for they’ve never come to interview us. For many “celebrities”, it would be a blessing if the same could be said for them.
Some transited fame and fortune retaining their equilibrium – whether they be singers, actors, sport stars, newly rich – a few, very few, names come to mind.
Today’s celebrities have instant cell phone snapshots to contend with. Never a moment of privacy. If they weren’t natural exhibitionists, it is easy to succumb to the thrill of attention. Many are surrounded by sycophants – which to me sounds more like sick-o-fans. What they gain is counted as loss from those whose favor they abuse.
How different would it be if the media covered every-day lives? No difference after a very short time. We won’t “sell.” There’s no market wanting to hear about us, the real “reality.”
We’re not news. And, for that I am grateful. |
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