I know you may be thinking my choice if song is a little too original.. Like everybody knows and hopefully likes it! Perhaps I should mix it up, but tonight I just think I fancy a post!
On a bit of a deep note (oh here we go), I've been thinking more recently that, in amongst getting so caught up in the busyness or even the trivialities of life, it's so easy to forget the simple things that we should be so extremely grateful for everyday and how important it is to take note of them.
I know this is one of the most cliched topics possible, where images of teenagers going on rants are conjured up. Y'know...The cringe sort of stuff where they seem to have reached some sort of epiphany. I'm definitely not saying I've come to some sudden realisation that the important things are the important things, I'm just intrigued in how, every so often I find I have to humble myself, otherwise it's so easy to get caught up in both the wonderful and awful world of social media. Everybody knows the pros and cons of this major part of living in the 21st century, and whilst social media is amazing for staying in touch with friends, it can so easily make people feel like they need to compare themselves to others and inevitably these ideals aren't real. Everybody is just different and the whole idea in life, to me anyway, is to embrace these changes. If you didn't have your extremely amazing but ultimately varied friends, how would you learn anything at all?
But even the most balanced (not saying I am btw! Teenage girl right here! :D), can get sucked in to these constructs. For me, subtle changes like feeling more jealous of somebody's beautiful picture than thinking 'woah get in there, you go girl, flaunt it', are what make me realise I need to step back and see the bigger picture. Because let's face it, casual social media is only beneficial if it aids to inspire and most importantly be a positive experience. We need to empower each other, most importantly our friends and family and that's what this sort of interaction is all about. Being happy to see them doing well or having fun.
As I say, this is what it should be, but its all too easy at times to get caught up in the constructs we all form, (After all, that's all our social media is. No matter how true to yourself you stay, you are still choosing to convey an 'image', bad or good) and end up with little green monsters on our shoulders. Alas, despite being awful really, a little jealousy is inevitable, as long as you are aware of it and do maintain some sort of perspective.
So I say, chill with the family, go on walks, look at how beautiful that flower in your garden looks that you've never seen before... All these things I definitely have to do at times to bring me back to the real world of scruffy hair and basically real life :D and it's the little things like having lovely people around you, that means everything for sure.
I'm looking back at this post, it's turned into more of a voicing of thoughts than expected! Ahh I don't like being serious, but I guess things just all come out on a page :D.
Thank you to anyone who is actually still reading at this point! :D
Have an absolutely lovely night,
Molly xx
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