SAD TRUTH OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Today we are going to talk about the sad truth of social media. Social media has become a necessary daily activity, it's like a cup of tea. As soon as we wake up we grab our phones, check Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Emails, Tiktok, Pinterest and other social media platforms. We often forgot to pray, to talk to God and to thank Him for another day. Sure, there are so many advantages of social media but so disadvantages are.
Basically, social media was originally created to connect with our friends, extended family and sometimes to safely meet new people than in the real world but in today's society a lot of people are using social media in a wrong way. A lot of people are taking advantage of social media.
So, here are 10 sad truth about social media:
"Here baby, stop crying"
I believe YouTube is a part of social media and this is why parents nowadays gives their phones to their child to calm them down. I'm sorry but isn't this true? Not saying all parents are like this, but I am pretty confident that most parents are! To be honest, I don't understand, and I will never understand why most parents are using this strategy. It's sad how parents nowadays doesn't know how to calm their baby's down without using their phones. How lucky we are who didn't grow up like this.
"We are obsessed to connect with the world"
How obsessed we are to connect with the world that we often forgot to connect with people around us. This is why, we don't think that connecting with people around us is as important as connecting with the world. You're checking other people but did you ever check on your parents? Did you ever check those people who are around you? When was the last time you asked how's their day was?
"YES to free Wi-Fi"
We can't deny the fact that in today's generation, people will choose free Wi-Fi over free book. Whenever we're at the mall my friend will always say "there's a free Wi-Fi, c'mon let's connect" and even I myself is guilty about it. We are so obsessed on updating our IG story as if people are interested to know what we are doing.
"Here's the money, take it - click"
At some point social media makes us forget the real purpose of helping other people. This actually makes me really sad. We see a lot of people who helped other people and posting it to their social media with the caption of "not bragging but inspiring people to help others blablabla". I mean tf? I also help people but never have I ever show it off on social media. What's the purpose of showing it off? Is it really to inspire people to do the same or maybe so that a lot of people will admire you for doing such a thing? Showing it off is like saying "hey I'm a nice person" which we don't want to sounds like that, do we? Let other people say that you're a nice person because they know what you did and not because they saw what you've posted.
"Wanna have some fun?"
This is the upsetting and scariest part of social media. People who are sending nudes are increasing every day. How do you expect other people to respect you if you can't even respect yourself? The Bible says that 1 Corinthians 6:19 -20 (ESV) Our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within us, we must respect our body in order to glorify God. Sending nudes also means disrespecting God. Did you know that? Actually who am I to tell you what to do and what not to do? After all it's your body. It's up to you if you will take my advice or not.
"I am doing great!"
We want to show everyone that we are always happy. We want to show everyone that we are strong. Furthermore, we want to show everyone that our life is perfect. When in reality we've been so much pain, we're close to the edge and nothing actually is going right. Why are we doing these? To spread positivity? To inspire people and to let them know that there's hope in every situation? But what about you? When will you consider your feelings? When will you realize that it is okay to look sad, weak and having a rough day doesn't mean it's the end of the world? When will you ever realize that everything will be okay in the end and if it's not okay, it's not the end?
"Happy Mother's Day Mom! We love you"
"WOW!"
I am one of those people who wear and post whatever they want because I strongly believe that as long as we are not insulting anyone we can wear or do whatever we want. There's nothing wrong of being confident. But if you will just understand the meaning of this picture, you'll know how deep this is.
"I wish I'm as beautiful as her"
"How can she be that pretty without even trying?", "She's so sexy", "I wish I have her skin", "I wish I have her hair". We become so obsessed with those girls we see online that we forgot to appreciate ourselves. "If I lose the weight, will that makes me beautiful?", "If I follow her, will that makes me worth it?" A lot of people are feeling the same, including guys. This is the saddest part. Everyone were trying to look like "her" because of social media! Very few people know and understand the true meaning of beautiful.
"Let me first take a picture"
Didn't we use to pray before eating? What happened now? People nowadays are taking picture of their foods and often forget to pray.
We sometimes don't realize that we become a prisoner of our phones.
Using social media is not bad as long as we are using it properly, and it's not taking almost all of our time but over using social media and taking advantage of it is what makes it bad.
How can I control myself from using social media?
