LIMELIGHT

LIMELIGHT “Don’t write my name with red pen, it is an abomination where I came from." Don’t spell my name with small letters,bI’m not a slave.” But guess what? Where I came from, things have changed. We’ve moved from fighting over small lettersnto struggling to maintain big figures. From worrying about how our names are written to worrying about how they are seen. Attention is the currency, and we’re willing to pay any price for it— Even it means selling our dignity for a piece of meat, and our sanity for an expensive fit. "What is a name if nobody knows it?" "What is fame if nobody is watching?" So we chase the limelight, even when the light exposes what we were supposed to hide. But tell me, what exactly are we trying to illuminate? Our talents or our insecurities? Our achievements or our attempts to appear accomplished? When did a good name become less important than a name that trends? We are so busy making names for ourselves that we forget to ask what those names stand for. So, by all means, chase your dreams. Build your wealth. Let your name travel. But don't become so desperate to make a name that you lose yourself in the process. Because we were once so concerned about how our names were written. Now, how concerned are we about how they are lived? What is the point of making a name for yourself if you have to lose yourself to make it?