Celebs don’t deserve attention

A thought struck me as I was listening to yet another annoying insider talk about Kim Kardashian’s divorce. This monumental discovery is that people are drawn to what is good. Now that may not seem like much of a statement, but today people often confuse what is “good” with what we “like.”

In the ideal world those words are synonymous, but we are not living in the ideal world. The good that I am describing is found in a story I heard about a family who lost everything during the devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo., this year. Even though this family had almost nothing, they spent everything rebuilding their community. The characteristics of this family — selflessness, bravery, love — are most attractive to our souls. This story gave me faith that underneath our culture that glorifies narcissistic figures like the Kardashian Empire, you cannot quench our soul’s thirst for what is true.

What makes this family’s struggle attractive is not the scandal, but rather their choice to give when they had nothing left. Their story would not mean as much if they won the lottery and built themselves a mansion. However, our television is loaded with programs like this. We watch shows all of the time where the main character — Kim Kardashian — builds an empire and glorifies herself with luxury after luxury. Ultimately, those shows appeal to our humanity’s greedy eye; therefore, the more admirable characteristics like self-sacrifice and love tend to become overshadowed by the next scandal.

I am a 21-year-old college student, so I am no stranger to pop culture. But this is coming from the mouths of babes. Let’s put to rest the Kardashians’ numerous publicity ploys and glorify families like the one in Joplin who are truly heroic.

Katy Lally

St. Charles