Dear Social Media,
I’d like to thank you for the way you have impacted society today. But before we start, I hope you catch my sarcasm.
Thank you for constantly uploading new pictures to Instagram’s Popular Page forcing us to compare ourselves to every girl in a swimsuit. Thank you for letting us see all of the parties we didn’t get invited to and making us constantly feel left out. Thank you for making us think that getting 100 likes means no one really likes us, it’s just not enough.
While yes, you can be very beneficial, allowing us to keep in touch with friends and family, you also always find ways to tear us down. You make it so easy for us to think our life isn’t what it should be and make it quite clear of all the things we don’t have.
It makes us insecure, worrisome, and ungrateful of the wonderful life we are already living. We compare ourselves to others based on how many likes they get, the quality of their picture, and many other aspects that don’t even matter. Because of you, we forget to love ourselves for who we are and embrace our uniqueness. We forget that God made us just the way he wanted and every part of us is beautiful through his eyes. You make it easy for us to forget our worth and that we are loved no matter what.
Not only because of you do we forget to love our self, but you also make it so easy to forget to love our Heavenly Father. You are a huge distraction and take away our daily time to spend with Him. Because of you, we go to sleep with our phone in our hands rather than putting our hands together thanking Him for our day.
I’m not saying that I don’t love you because don’t get me wrong, I do. But I just wanted to thank you for all of the effects you have on society. But not really!
Sincerely,
Your everyday users