[Editor’s note: Tracy Rybacki is a writer with Down syndrome who writes periodically for Oblivioni Magazine. Read more of her work here.] 

The definition of celebrities is celebrating people who have many talents and skills. They show it in movies and TV. The actors, actresses and singers show off their talents and skills on TV, concerts and plays to earn a living. When celebrities get an Oscar, they show their achievements.

However, we unfamous people also have tons of talents and skills to show to the world. The only reason we watch TV is to be entertained or to be kept busy. But we can entertain ourselves by showing off our talents, and skills. We can be celebrities by graduating, getting a job and building the job into a career, helping us get through life. We all can have jobs so we can earn a living to take care of our families and to pay the rent. We celebrate by showing ourselves what we can do in our place in the world, and showing our families and friends, too.

We all have the right to privacy. Don’t you think actors and actresses have their right to privacy and to protect their families? So why are there paparazzi, media, entertainment magazines and news exposing their lives and making rumors of what happened to them? 

When they are not in the spotlight, we don’t know them as people. They are just getting through life, just like us. Let’s not open and expose their lives when they’re the ones who are entertaining us. 

I also know about many entertainers and entertainment. God blessed me with meeting a famous person. I’m also looking through a legendary actor’s eyes, especially because he is my angelic spirited friend who is an angelic, loving-hearted person. To me he’s one of a kind. He’s the sweetest loving person I have ever met.

Why do fans get crazed by people who are like us? They are famous for being who they are. Look at what happened to John Lennon with a crazed fan. When fans get crazed with cameras, and paparazzi get up and personal with the celebrities, they can easily cause fights, then they blame the celebrities because they are in the spotlight. They make gossip and rumors and put it in magazines like the National Enquirer just because they can, even though the celebrities are just like us. 

Celebrities can get divorced, Lindsey Lohan shoplifts, and fans make it into their business by putting it on Twitter and Instagram.

They were people before they were in the spotlight. You don’t know what celebrities deal with, like depression, for example Amy Winehouse, Robin Williams and Britney Spears’ breakdown. That was also in magazines and entertainment news. Celebrities are supposed to shine and entertain us. They have a right to privacy. That’s why we should do the same, just the way God intended. 

Let’s make the world shine through our talents and skill and get through life together. We should shine brighter than an Oscar. We symbolically are the Oscar. Just believe in ourselves. We can fly. Let us spread our wings and fly to succeed, and let us embrace life and get on our feet and reach for the stars and get our moments to shine.

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