What is sacred anymore?
What is intimate?
What is worth keeping in private?
Where is the discernment?
Does anyone keep anything to themselves anymore? To their closest loved ones?
Does anyone value having anything that is theirs, and only theirs?
Does every envious and evil eye have the right to see your most precious moments?
Does every judgmental person deserve your energy and attention?
Does everyone in your digital friends list meet the requirements to actually be a part of your life? To come into your home? To watch your kids?
Does every horny individual on your feed deserve to see your naked body? To look at you as an object? To assume you did this all for them?
Are the views and the likes worth it? The followers and possibility of going viral?
Does the external validation go far? Could you give yourself that validation without getting it from someone else?
Would you still like your posts if it was only for you and your loved ones? Would you be proud of your children doing and posting the same content?
In the worlds of real life and “reel” life, are you living in your values in both? Are you the same person both on and offline?
Everything in life is temporary, yet the content we post to the internet remains forever. It has become to normal to share every aspect of our lives online to both people we know and complete strangers… but just because something is normal, doesn’t mean it’s good.
In an age of being so “connected” through apps and technology, we are so far disconnected from ourselves.
We’ve become addicted to external validation to feed our unhealed wounds of unworthiness.
We’ve become addicted to the dopamine rush when we get a lot of views or engagement.
We’ve become addicted to our screens and “connecting” with others, while ignoring the real world around us.
And we can run around and say it isn’t our fault and blame everyone else, but it’s our responsibility now. We know now.
So sit with yourself, and ask:
What do you value most in this life? Are you living in your values?
What are you grateful for? Have you thought about how many blessings are around you on a daily basis?
What habits are you wishing to let go of? What habits have you been wanting to develop?
What do you do when you’re avoiding something else? Is this beneficial to you in anyway? Is this something you wish to continue?
We all get a little lost sometimes, but the important part is that we come back home to ourselves over and over again.
None of us get out of here alive. We deserve to live lives that we are proud of. We deserve lives that we will be grateful to look back on when we’re lying peacefully on our deathbeds.
You are in charge of you.
You get to decide who has access to your mind, to your body, and to your soul.
You get one life to live, and you are the one who chooses who and what you give your energy to.
Choose wisely.
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