It’s so easy to get swept up in a wave of emotion.
Looking at what others are doing and comparing
Starting to believing that you are somehow inadequate –
That you should be more successful, richer, happier, prettier
You should have more followers on social
You should be promoted
You should feel more fulfilled
Living that perfect lifestyle.
If everyone else’s life is so great, then why isn’t yours?
As if to suggest there’s something wrong with you.
As if that’s some kind of secret
Not realizing – that there is something wrong with everyone.
You’re not perfect and you never will be; but neither will anyone else.
What you’re seeing, is others projecting, nothing but an illusion
A distortion of reality;
Manufactured hype, to make themselves feel better
Nothing but smoke and mirrors, leading to a kind of hysteria.
A delusion generated by others trying to convince themselves of something
A fantasy, a story, to get you to drink the kool aid,
Convincing you that they have the solution to all your problems
When the reality is, no one has the answer, we’re all just trying to figure this shit out
Doing the best we can with what we’ve got
So don’t go on believing the hype
Getting swept up in that sea of emotion
Unnecessarily beating yourself up, trying to live up to some kind of superficial ideal of what happiness is and what success should look like.
Because behind every photo, every video, is a person, just as lost and afraid as you.
