{"id":343,"date":"2007-08-30T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2007\/08\/britney-spears-shows-fame-cant-buy-self-respect.html"},"modified":"2007-08-30T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T15:35:00","slug":"britney-spears-shows-fame-cant-buy-self-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2007\/08\/britney-spears-shows-fame-cant-buy-self-respect.html","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Shows Fame Can\u2019t Buy Self-Respect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Britney has looks, tons of money, enough talent by her fans standards to make more money, and two healthy kids. Seems like she has most of what she said she wanted. But she can\u2019t buy respect, from others or from herself<\/span>. And she\u2019s doing everything she can to prevent herself from earning it. When the public begins to regard K Fed as the better parent for the Britney pups, you know she\u2019d better start swimming upstream fast!<\/p>\n

Too many young, hot stars jump into adulthood in the limelight of adulation<\/span> and tons of money. The press and their fans put them on pedestals. People kiss their butts. They believe they\u2019re all that. And their worlds revolve around what they wear, who they sleep with, and dodging the paparazzi who chase their superior derrieres. But arrogance doesn\u2019t lead to self-respect<\/span>. Nor does being inflated by media attention.<\/p>\n

Britney may act all self-important, but her lack of self-respect is obvious. We tend to treat others the way we view ourselves under the layers of fa\u00e7ade and attitude used for self-protection. When you love yourself, you\u2019re much more likely to be loving to others<\/span>. People with sincerely good self-esteem have much less or no need to demean others or do nasties. When you respect yourself, you\u2019re much more likely to respect others. <\/p>\n

Britney\u2019s behavior shows her true self-image. She disrespected her appearance when she shaved her head. Her lack of self-respect endangers her kids. It doesn\u2019t take much to know you don\u2019t drive with a child on your lap<\/span>, for any reason, or be so lax you almost drop one. Now she may lose custody of them. Brit pushes people who care away. She hires and fires based on mood. People with self-respect work things out, not cut everyone off<\/span>. While no one is perfect, this has become Brit\u2019s pattern. <\/p>\n

The OK! magazine interview illustrated Brit’s lack of self-respect<\/span>. The magazine went the distance to accommodate Brit by arranging the photo shoot, paying her a huge fee, and getting expensive designer clothing for her to wear. Did Brit show appreciation? Nahhh! Her actions\u2014wiping greasy hands on a designer dress while her dog pooped on a Zac Posen gown valued at $6,700\u2014reflected a lack of self-respect and self-love. She got grease and dog poop on her reputation<\/span>. Does she think she\u2019s much better than us? Not at all. She poses like that but her actions give the true picture. By disrespecting folks who try to help her, and the props like designer clothing, she expresses how little she respects herself. You can\u2019t buy self-respect. It must be developed within. <\/p>\n

People who love themselves don\u2019t sabotage their careers or do blatantly stupid things that they know will cause a negative media frenzy. Young celeb types like Britney and Lindsay don\u2019t learn to love themselves for who they are inside or look beyond getting love and attention from fans, and press attention<\/span>. Their actions show what a superficial level of happiness they have\u2014basing self-image on the accoutrements of being a celebrity. Money, expensive possessions and career success don\u2019t translate to happiness<\/span>. It begins inside and radiates out. The material stuff is just extras!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been happy even when I didn\u2019t have much money, because I love me, not what I have. My compassion for Brit is deep. She had too much attention, too early in life to develop good self-esteem. Fame tainted her outlook. Everything focused on her image. I\u2019m sure she\u2019s a nice girl who truly wants to be a good mom and be happy. But she doesn\u2019t know how.<\/span> Nor can she doesn\u2019t trust herself, so she doesn\u2019t trust people who want to help her. That makes it hard to grow into a happy woman. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, many girls and young women look to Brit, et al, as examples of being cool. But they\u2019re not cool. Britney is stone cold self-disrespectful. The grass on the other side may seem greener but some of these young stars in the public eye are hurting inside<\/span>. Those who look to them as role models set themselves up to also have low self-esteem by valuing the external. Feel compassion for these young women who don\u2019t know how to behave and self-destruct because of it. Envying their money and fame is also envying their dysfunctions and unhappiness. Happy in your own skin is much more fun!
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