Celeb sayings??

Seriously, people. I know that we all have our favourite celebrities. But sometimes we take it too far.

On twitter, you refresh and refresh the page and hang on to every tweet they post. You look and comment and retweet everything that they say. That's great, I mean, that gives you a feeling like 'Oh my favourite celebrity is soooo close to his/her fans'.

But sometimes, we hang on too much on what they say. We only pay attention to what they do, not others.

For example, I woke up yesterday and found the Kony 2012 video on Facebook. I was really moved by it and shared it on Facebook and on Twitter.  For the entire day, no one reshared the video or trended about it. The moment celebrities started to tweet about it though, the entire thing went viral. #stopKony started trending, and is still trending on today. That is wonderful, cause that means people are now aware of who he is.

But say if celebrities did not share or tweet or talk about that video, would it have been as viral as it was? Granted, celebrities have an enormous influence on what people think or do. But is it right that we only become concerned about a cause because it has been advocated by that celebrity? Is it right that we ignore the avocations by the normal people, by people like us? The Kony 2012 video wasn't made by celebrities. It wasn't shot by Steven Spielberg or James Cameron or other big-wigs; it didn't have a cast of the hottest celebrities in Hollywood now. It was made by ordinary people, who in my opinion, are far greater heroes than ANY heroic character played by those celebrities in TV.

When someone, someone normal like you and I, asks you to take a little time to watch a video, or look at a picture or read a story that is meaningful, we should stop and take a look. We shouldn't ignore what everyday people are trying to fight for. We shouldn't just pay attention to what celebrities are championing. They may fight for the right things, but it is just a fraction of so many people are trying to fight for.

So please, don't just take in what celebrities are saying. Take a closer look at what your friends on Facebook or Twitter or in real life are talking about. You might find something important. If I hadn't taken a closer look or took the time to watch the video my friend posted on Facebook, I wouldn't have known who Joseph Kony is. And please, for the world, for those children made to be soldiers or killed, for those children who live in constant fear, please take half an hour from 24 hours of your day, to watch and to share this video.