Ok – this is on my heart so here it goes. Warning there are some truth bombs.
Selfies do not make you self seeking, self righteous, self loving and selfish.
The motive behind the selfie determines that.
Your friends want to see your face. They are constantly looking at advertisements, WORDS, and the same post that has been repeatedly shared 1m Times.
They are watching videos, and reading articles.
They are on here. They are busy.
And most of the time – it’s you they want to see.
𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵.
𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 , 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.
They enjoy those other things too (usually).
But at the end of the day all that stuff gets washed into the background.
People desire relationships.
And one way to build relationships is to share your life.
Not every single aspect – keep MANY things private.
But don’t become so private that you are not building relationships anymore.
I rarely share pictures of my kids because for 4 years I was not aloud to with foster care. I’m slowly breaking that habit.
Did you know the fastest and easiest way to add value to someone is to simply, “like” their posts. You don’t have to comment, you don’t have to use emoji reactions. Just the generic, “like” button can add so much value to someone’s day. Not because they self seek, BUT BECAUSE they are into relationships.
We live in a time when so many people run on empty. How are we taking time out of our day to add value, show them love, share support?
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
Did that last sentence sting?
Think about it!
It’s true.
The self righteous are not those who are posting selfies sharing their lives with people they want to continue to have relationships with; the self righteous are the ones watching you and doing nothing. God designed us to share our lives but 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒-𝐥𝐲. A selfie does not automatically = selfish.
𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡.
Stop hating on those who post about their lives. And get out there and watch their stories, like their post (𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴), comment to add extra value.
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 who 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝗪 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄.
