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WHEN NURSERY RHYMES GREW UP: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><h2><em>Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star</em></h2><p><br/></p><p>They called her a star long before she felt like one.</p><p><br/></p><p>Her face was everywhere.</p><p>Her name was becoming a brand.</p><p>Her life looked like light.</p><p><br/></p><p>Photos.</p><p>Stages.</p><p>Flights.</p><p>Applause.</p><p><br/></p><p>From the outside, she twinkled.</p><p><br/></p><p>From the inside, she was tired.</p><p><br/></p><p>Every time she stepped out, phones rose before people did. Everyone wanted a picture of the glow, but no one stayed long enough to ask about the fire burning her.</p><p><br/></p><p>She was admired, but rarely known.</p><p><br/></p><p>People said, “You’re lucky.”</p><p>She wondered, “At what cost?”</p><p><br/></p><p>The higher she rose, the smaller her circle became. Not because she pushed people away… but because real connection struggles to survive where performance is required.</p><p><br/></p><p>She smiled for strangers.</p><p>She cried with alarms.</p><p><br/></p><p>At night, in hotel rooms too quiet for someone so visible, she scrolled through comments from people who wanted her life.</p><p><br/></p><p>“If only I could be like you.”</p><p>“You’re living my dream.”</p><p>“God has favorites.”</p><p><br/></p><p>She stared at the ceiling and whispered to herself,</p><p><br/></p><p>“They only see the sky. They don’t see the distance.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Stars don’t sit close to anything.</p><p>They shine… alone.</p><p><br/></p><p>She was high enough to inspire millions,</p><p>and far enough to feel unreachable — even to herself.</p><p><br/></p><p>Twinkle, twinkle, little star…</p><p><br/></p><p>How everybody wonders what you are.</p><p><br/></p><p>But nobody asks how you are.</p><p><br/></p><p><img src="/media/inline_insight_image/images_7.jpeg"/></p><p><br/></p><h2>---<br/><strong>TwoCents Reflection</strong></h2><p><br/></p><blockquote>Not everything that shines is at peace.<br/>Visibility is not the same as fulfillment.<br/>Admiration is not the same as love.<br/>Sometimes the brightest people you know are not burning with joy…<br/>They are burning to keep the light on.</blockquote>
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