Social media are the perfect example of this common behavior. We are bombarded each day with walls full of selfies and statuses screaming to the world how beautiful our life is. I'm not here to give a moral lesson to you all about the social networks because it would be hypocritical, coming from someone who uses them as means of communication.
Yes, communication is the key word for me and the billions of human beings who everyday (or almost) keep the rest of the world posted about the food they are eating, the places they have visited, the friendships they are making and sometimes even the struggles they face.
It all starts from the need of finding someone who listens. At least that's what moves me to open the Facebook app on my phone probably more than I should throughout my day.
Many times I ask myself if I really need to get this social attention. And I still can't agree on the answer. Somedays I really feel like nobody around me can understand what I'm feeling or thinking and I have to admit that maybe most of the time I underestimate the power of empathy, that I'm sure it's still not dead, but just dormant. So those days I really feel at the bottom of my heart the stinging desire of reaching out to the world. The likes and comments I get are just reassuring and comforting, even if they don't mean nothing special in reality.
But there are days where I'm nauseated from all this mechanism that pushes us to extern things that belong to our personal life to a group of people which doesn't know in most of the cases who we are, this machine that gives us the image of being together even if we couldn't be more apart from each other. And those days I appreciate the fact that I still treasure inside my heart discretion. Because in the end I believe that in a world where everybody shouts, silence and quietness are precious gifts and rare beauty. We are not meant to be loved by everybody. Sometimes our light can't be seen and only the right people can reach those place where our heart shines and beats at its purest.
As always my thoughts couldn't be more conflicting. Does anybody else feel like me? If you have something to add, just let me know!
Have a good night my lovely thinkers :)
