Like my mother will always say that no one will taste honey and spit it away, to be famous is something most of us pray for especially to be known for success not the other way round, being famous comes with a lot but it is better to be known for success than to remain stagnant, sometimes I imagine what my life will look like if I wake up one day and people suddenly know my name everywhere and not because of scandal or some rubbish but because of real success, because of my hard work, when my business finally blew and everyone is talking about me for the right reasons.
If I am famous, I will be happy. In fact, I will dance, I will thank God because I know how long I have been struggling, nobody sees the nights I cry, nobody sees the money I lose, nobody sees the times I almost gave up but they only see the finished work. So yes, I will be proud of myself because that fame will not be cheap fame. It will be the type that comes from sweat and patience.
But let me be honest, fame is not all sweet, some parts will choke person. Before, I can go out freely, enter market, buy pepper and tomato, even wear slippers and nobody will look at me but when fame comes, all eyes will be on me, people will be watching what I wear, how I talk, even how I breathe, some people will support me while some will still open mouth and talk nonsense. That one is sure.
What about my family? Their lives will change too, they will enjoy some good things, yes, but they will also lose their freedom, people might start gossiping about them, they will hear things they did not do, they may not even be ready for the attention and me, I will be scared of any trouble that can affect them because I know how fame can bring wahala you are not expecting.
But another part of me strongly believes that fame will give me the chance to motivate others, I love the idea of someone hearing my story and feeling encouraged to continue, I don’t want my success to be for me alone, I want upcoming business owners to believe in themselves when they see me, I want someone who feels stuck to look at my journey and say, “If she can make it, I can too.”
I know fame comes with pressure, people will expect me to always be perfect, No mistake, No bad mood, but I am human, I can’t always smile, I can’t always be strong, sometimes I break down too and the painful thing is that once you are famous, people forget that you are a normal person like them, they judge every step you take, I always see how people drag those celebrities on social media neglecting that they are humans as well.
So if I become famous for my business success today, I will first breathe and thank God, I will celebrate because I deserve to celebrate but after that I will sit down and think, I will plan my steps well, I will try to protect my peace like treasure, fame can make someone forget where they started from, I don’t want to change into what I don’t recognize, I want to remain the same me that started small with big dreams.
To be famous is a blessing but it is a blessing that comes with work, It can lift you up but it can also bring stress and distraction, so if that day comes for me, I pray I will be strong enough to enjoy the sweet part and wise enough to survive the bitter part too, all I want is to succeed and still have my peace because fame without peace is nothing.
This is my response to this episode of Hivelearners community prompt of #hl-w189e03 which the topic is tagged TO BE FAMOUS
