Don't get me wrong, I will be the first to tell you that I dream daily of having certain material things and attempt to save up money for items that I really do not need, but would absolutely love to have. But there comes a point in life when you step back and realize that the things in life that should be driving you to achieve greatness (whatever your version of that may be) and what you should be depending on for happiness is nothing that Kate Spade can create for you in a design book with gold polka dots and black and white stripes.
I am all for social media and I solely believe that it has helped our generation with communicating and being able to network to people all around the world at any time of the day. However, the internet has created a sense of pride in women that being a bossy person is okay because we're women and we "run the world" (apparently that entitles us to a big ego), and along with that it has created an unrealistic standard for what we "deserve" from boys (materialistically speaking) and what we absolutely have to have in order to keep up with everyone else and their material things. Notice I said things.
I have a few points that I want to put out there on this subject:
1. First of all, sometimes retail therapy is extremely helpful, but if your joy is resting inside of a store window with a tag on it, then you're going to constantly be let down in life and eventually nothing will ever be good enough.
2. It's completely okay to not be caught up with the girl next to you. Having the best shoes, purse and the most likes on an Instagram post does not determine your self-worth. *woah, shocker* Who you are in Christ is what determines your self-worth, so quit staring at the amount of likes you've gotten on your picture, it'll be old news by tomorrow anyway.
3. Just because Twitter says that we need to be receiving 57 gifts for valentines day does not mean that we must demand that. This is the one that gets me the most. Social media accounts like this are staged posts in order to get attention from people to RETWEET because, honestly, what girl wouldn't want all of this stuff? Those posts are not realistic. It's sad, because you're telling your boyfriend that he's not good enough if he doesn't buy you a ton of crap. Yep, I went there.
4. Life will be easier if you take a deep breath, be thankful for what's already in front of you and then treat yourself to some nice things when you've done a really good job at school. Remember, you aren't entitled to anything. Work hard to earn the things you want.
This is enough:
I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:10
