I know some things about your life, because I know some things about people in our society (including myself). I know that you (probably, there are always exceptions to generalizations) have a fantasy that things will be better for you when (1) you graduate (2) you get married (3) you get the promotion, or a better job (4) you pay off your student loans (4) you get a new laptop (5) Tom, the hunky guy, asks you out (6) etc.

If you are fortunate, as I am, you are healthy and have a family you love and an interesting job. But still things aren't quite what they could be, are they? Real fulfillment is out there, but it's just out of reach. You're close, but not quite there. Things will be perfect when...

Things are perfect for celebrities, aren't they?

You know you are not quite there because you've seen real fulfillment. You see it in many places, but most strikingly in the lives of celebrities. Those are the folks who have finally made it, aren't they? They can have whatever they want, they are surrounded by admirers, they can bask in the certainty that they are cool. But of course, sometimes they have addictions or relationship problems or sometimes they make fools of themselves, so it's obvious that their lives are far from perfect. Somehow, that doesn't really matter, does it? It doesn't matter because they did it, they made it to real fulfillment. Most of us aren't quite sure of who we are or where we are going. But a celebrity knows where she is going because she's there.