Your life seems so special that some feel jealous seeing the 2 dozen roses you got at work, your huge engagement ring, the new Louie bag you got for your birthday or reading that you're so happy to be pregnant with baby number two! Then there's some people (raising hand ha) that post a million selfies of how great their face and hair look.
This really got me thinking. Some post things just to innocently to share it with you, some post to brag, and some post to evoke jealousy. We could never know for sure. I'll be the first to say Ive seen a girlfriend of mine get a ring on Facebook "just because" and feel jealous inside. On the other hand I've seen photos of a girlfriend of mine with her 5 kids and find myself scrolling super fast all of a sudden ha. But one thing i know for sure, is no one's life is perfect. Including my own. Though it may be a thought in your head based on my photos and writings that everything is perfect, its not. It is what I choose to let you see about my life. I argue, I cry, I feel pain, I get yelled at, I have health problems; like everyone does. Sometimes i slam doors ha. You don't know if Im on speaking terms with someone, you don't know if I just finished the worst screaming match of my life, and you don't know the events of my day, because again, people only choose to let you see what they want.
My friend who got two dozen roses at work, sent them to herself; because she knew her boyfriend wasn't going to out of his way because he never does. My other friend with the huge engagement ring? She bought it herself and gave it to her boyfriend to give to her, because he was never gonna do it; she finally had to force him to propose. Over a drunken conversation I finally get to see this Louie bag only for her to break down and tell me the whole story....I'll tell you this. That bag deserved 5 photos on Instagram, because it only took her 5 birthdays of harassing her boyfriend to buy it for her. And my girlfriend saying she is thrilled that baby number two is on the way!!!! She's terrified. Baby number 1, which was twins, left her stomach completely damaged and she was so depressed. Oh and the one taking all the selfies. She beautiful in every single way. But inside she is in the darkest most depressed place and her self esteem is so low comments pick her confidence up, for just a day.......
Photos can tell a story and have story behind them then just what we see or they could simply be like i said; an innocently posted photo of a "just because" ring because she was excited.
There's no doubt that life is beautiful and we only have one chance at this thing to make it right and wonderful, but we all struggle with real life. Your friend isn't balling out of control with that rolex his mom took credit out for him to get it and that super hot unattainable girl that is photographed at the club every night is battling a cocaine addiction that you would never know about. Don't ever look at these things on social media and allow yourself to feel jealous or inadequate because you know nothing of these peoples lives, unless of course you're their best friend. Most of the time people are just trying to convey how much fun they're having and how great their partner is and look what i bought etc. Possibly with no motive or possibly with. Either way, like the photo and keep scrolling and don't feel a thing but happy for them. Because you don't know what struggles lie behind a "simple photo."
"Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of PERCEPTION, INTERPRETATION, and EXECUTION." -Ansel Adams
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