If I am what I have and if what I have is lost, who then am I?
Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
Nobody but a defeated, deflated, pathetic testimony to a wrong way of living.
Internet is a weird place.
We are constantly trying to push the narrative
- that we are as happy as anyone could be
- that we are enjoying this one grand life all the time, all the more
- that we’ve been to places; seen places
- that we’re wise or mostly pretend to be one
- that we’re hunting, gathering and treasuring memories
- that we’re pretty, handsome, beautiful and attention slash praise worthy
- that we’re self-acclaimed celebrity
- that we’ve figured it all out and caption them for other to get a piece of that shallow knowledge, shallow experience
- that we have a perfect life
- that we are somebody we are not.
Namaste.