Thoughts for the day

In this world of "likes" we forget to "like" ourselves. We lose ourselves to the "oh, i have to check my post and see who liked it", "oh, i have to check my post and see how many people liked it". We lose our focus on what is real. We lose our focus on what is happening around us. We lose our focus on actual conversations with people. We rely on social media to provide us with love, acceptance, recognition, news, trends, food and much more. Please understand, I am NOT bashing as that would make me a hypocrite of which I am NOT. I am involved in many aspects of social media. I am simply stating an observation of mine. We get caught up in the narcissism of others. We tend to forget that there is a little narcissism in all of us and that cannot be denied, otherwise we would not buy into it. Again, I am not bashing because I AM guilty of participation. And I enjoy it. So, just making a statement since I see so much go wrong within it but I do also see so much go right within it. It is sad to see people pass judgement on others, relationships become strained, communication disappear, bickering, name calling, bashing and all around negativity. But on the other hand it is great to see diversity being embraced, people promoting their talents, people promoting community events, supporting local businesses. All of this is so much easier within the structure of social media and for those things I am proud to see and proud to partake. We should really be promoting positive and unity and community and family through it. These are my random thoughts. Thanks for hearing me out. Peace, love and happiness always!