April 16, 2024

Reality. Blog #327.

I received a text from a friend with a photo and caption, “This is so not reality!”  Noting that what appears in the picture is not anything like what was experienced at that moment.  Creating an image on social media of what we want people to perceive, not always portraying the total experience as it plays out.    It is hard not to buy into the images of everyone else’s life being so picture-perfect.  But often that is what we get, picture-perfect, but not necessarily reality.   All these perfect pictures drive our insecurities and tend to bring on…