Facebook and now Pintrest creates in me an unsettled feeling.
As I observe through updates and pictures the travels of others, the creative
ideas implemented and the great new ideas I think I have somehow missed the
great somewhere out there. If I am not traveling with abandon I am missing the
global secrets of life. If I am not creating a new space, redefining my body in
a new shape or being with a best friend over a creatively designed centerpiece
full of flowers and shiny objects. I have somehow missed ...living. If I don't
see worth in every day or every person...or take that specific picture that encapsulates
everything...I have missed a grand opportunity. Is it me or have we become as a
whole voyeurs of others’ lives while at the same time being dissatisfied with
our own?
I posted once that Facebook
makes me interested in lives I would have never even thought about. It also
makes me judgmental, irritated, jealous, condescending, compassionate, anxious
and aware on a level of community that will never be a reality. Is this healthy...or am I like everything overthinking and overanalyzing. Well, I am not around people very much in the summer and I have a lot of thinking time...Maybe I am.
Still...
2 comments:
Good stuff to think about!!
Actually...I thought stuff like this earlier when "Survivor" and other reality shows started coming out... We watch and enjoy others' adventures, when maybe we should be living our own. And yet there are so many ways to do this. Lately I've noticed for myself...certain parts of life have been challenging with no solution in sight for a long time... I've started avoiding, and not just reading a novel for a break, but reading way too many. Easier to get lost in someone else's story, then figure out how to live mine well.
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