Man! Just recently I saw a picture of a model and thought WOW! That person is straight up gorgeous! Dont get me wrong–I was not lusting after them! But I can totally appreciate when someone is handsome or beautiful! I may have been a little jelly because I thought they were that good looking (and I’m not), but either way, I was in awe!
Fast forward a few weeks and I just happened to see this person at a mutual event for a friend. I literally had to blink several times and even pull up the “model” picture I had previously seen on Facebook to see if it was the same person! Sure enough, it was indeed the same person.
Now listen, I am not saying this person is not handsome–but I am saying that what I saw on Facebook a few weeks prior–is not what I was looking at in real life.
See, social media has a tendency to make us feel like we don’t have our life together or even that everybody around us has so much more than we do! Well…..this situation truly put things into perspective. I realized that the power of photography was real that day! And anybody with even a hint of talent could take a snapshot of any given person and work wonders! Which is exactly what had me duped. I realized real quick, that a lot of editing had gone into this particular picture.
If we will really stop and think about it, how many people are honest with what they put on social media? For real? How many of us “cover up” the true situation with an LOL? Or how many of us smile for the camera then go back to ignoring each other (GUILTY)!
I just keep going back to thinking that it must be exhausting to put on a front for pur social media accounts and then going back to whatever chaotic situation we may livimg in real life. For me, what you see IS what you get. If I don’t look “put together” it’s bc I dpnt have my ducks in a row….heck….I probably don’t even know where my ducks are.
I want to encourage anybody reading this…..to be real! Just be you!
Enjoy Every Moment 