Social Media can be a real time suck, it’s true, but while indulging, what do I pay attention to? Am I stuck in the political muck, the Us vs. Them mentality? Do I spend time in judgement of others? In mocking them? Am I saturating my psyche with duality?
Algorithms are built around what I search for or spend time on. What info goes into those algorithms is dependent upon where my interests take me. If I start looking up any subject, more on that as well as related articles will suddenly appear. The more time I spend on them, the more of them I’ll receive. It’s a vortex created from my own curiosity.
I was thinking about this as I was scrolling through my feed earlier. I was reading about the joy others are experiencing, and reflecting on how their happiness was contagious. It’s been a paradigm shift for me, this being happy for someone else’s happiness. ‘Tweren’t always so… my fragile little (!) ego would be wounded by the joy experienced by others. I would take it as a personal assault, a condemnation of where I was and what I was going through, of decisions made which felt beyond my control. This was back when I was a Victim.
Emotional sobriety is a thing, and I am finally tasting it. I have miles to go, but I’ve come far enough along that I can experience peace instead of envy, enjoying the enjoyment of others.
Today I’m grateful for the fact that others can share their joy freely, and I can willingly appreciate that. Likewise, I can share the things which make me happy, knowing that the people who know me, personally or virtually, are the kinds of people who don’t resent the good in the lives of others.
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