Nowadays likes are everything. A bunch of likes on a picture can provide everything from affirmation to unspoken words of interest. They mean so much in fact that we, myself included, spend extra time crafting catchy captions and adding special filters for our photos. We take extra time sifting through dozens of pictures just to make sure we choose the picture that will give us the most likes. We base our popularity and the popularity of others on their number of likes. We have even begun basing our very importance on how many or how few likes we get on the things we post.
Like no joke, I literally saw a FB post a few weeks ago where the user posted something to the extent of, “Since nobody wished me happy birthday yet, happy birthday to me”. Likes surely followed, but that had to be the saddest thing to me because they were so reliant on social media in order for them to feel appreciated and recognized. And It’s so easy to mistake that people care about all you do just because they consistently like or love a picture you post. And to think….it was post that you intentionally selected in order to portray your best self in your best lighting. They don’t get the real you.
A like does not equate to real love and real genuine friendships with others. We spend so much time trying to please a screen with thousands of invisible viewers we forget how to really view and assess ourselves.
So I’m here to tell you that the person that you tuck away on your social media, spend time presenting and attending to that person. Whether or not the likes come you’re still amazing! Whether or not someone liked that Bible verse pic you posted or that pic addressing the fact you have a thing for anime…you’re still a winner big fella. You’re still cool in your very own way. So I just want to encourage us to not get caught up so much with trying to find our identity, self-worth, love, and etc. within our social media. Just so in case you forgot….the you and I that is 24/7 needs and is loved just as much as the person you post. And that is with or without a “like”.
Much love dreamers,
Kie