Social Media Blues
Oh social media how addictive you can be
Endless scrolling
funny memes and cat videos
Inspiration and sometimes sadness
and then ultimately
comparisonitis hits!
I think it does for EVERYONE!
Why?
We are constantly bombarded by people posting happy pictures
With all their cool stuff or cool vacations and they are all like
Look at what I manifested!
I am so happy!
Look at all my stuff!
Im flying on a private Jet to Bora Bora…
I am awesome
and while a lot of the time the intention is to show us what we can create in our own lives,
at least in my realm.
Sometimes thats not true.
Sometimes it really is people just wanting to show everyone how they cool they are
and there nothing wrong with any of that at all!
But we get hit with a feeling.
It might be jealousy.
It might be unworthiness - wow look at them. I want that too. But it probably won’t ever happen for me.
We start to feel bad about ourselves.
We start to see the lack around us.
and it sucks.
The thing about it is.
Most these people dont post the pictures of their struggles.
They post themselves crying in the bathtub,
the pics of the mascara running down their face.
You dont see the pics from when they were homeless- well they most likely dont have any.
I mean i never took pics of myself sleeping in my car when i homeless. I didnt have a phone.
We dont see the times they overeat out of stress
Or receive the bills for the debts they dont talk about.
Or even journal entries where they write about how unhappy they really are and how hard they are
trying to make the feelings they convey in these social media posts a reality.
My point is
On social media we never see the full picture of what someones life is like.
we get a snippet of what they want us to see. Thats it.
So the next time your endlessly scrolling your Facebook or Insta,
and your starting to feel crappy about your life.
Stop.
Get off the phone.
Take a deep breathe. and remember,
#1 you dont know really anything thats going on for anyone else.
#2 Start thinking about the good things that you do have- even if its the nice smile someone gave you today!
#3 Never let your self worth be measured in comparison to anyone or anything else! You are unique and amazing individual.
Your path is your own. And when you start seeing the good things you do experience and have.
You’ll start to notice more and more good things surrounding you.
I know I have.
I love you,
Lisa Gober
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Spiritual Whiplash
It all begins with an idea.
Just to be clear, because I feel like this is really important for you to know….
I spent way to much time trying to find not only an image for this blog post, but also a correct way of getting it onto my new website. Also, I did all of this before even writing this piece. So yeah… that was fun. (Insert sarcasm here)
Oh and dont let me forget to mention- my dog barking at the neighbors kids uncontrollably, the other neighbors standing next to their open window chopping something super loudly and my electronics and everything acting crazy enough that i had to go see if Mercury is in retrograde again. It’s not.
So why am I writing this now then? Because i feel it. It’s real and its raw and instead of caving and saying never mind, I’m going to do it and send out love to all the noise and electronics. It’s life, man. And that’s beautiful.
Anyway I wanted to talk to you. Yeah, the you who maybe was attracted to the title of this post or follows me and reads all my stuff. The you who is here reading this regardless of the reason.
Spiritual Whiplash. It’s the best words I could come up with for what I’ve been going through. Deepening into meditation. Communicating with various and multiple ascended masters/Goddesses and Angels. Venturing into deep, hidden closets in my psyche that I’ve kept locked up for decades only to feel the full horror of what’s inside and that’s no exaggeration.
So you might relate if you’ve taken the dive into spirituality. What do i mean by that? You want to heal To depend your practice. To connect with your soul, your truth and let go of all the ego BS.
And in doing that you venture into those dark places that you’ve locked away. The places and experiences that you decided was to much, to scary, to sad, to whatever to actually look at.
You also open your third eye more and more. Guides, Angels and ascended masters come visiting to help you and guide you on your path.
So here’s when things get crazy…. here’s where the spiritual whiplash happens….
Your doing the things, Connecting to soul, connecting to guides, healing past limiting beliefs, trauma, ancestors…
Then the side effects start… exhaustion, crying, sensitivity, lots of trips to the bathroom, colds, headaches… i could go on and on because we are all different and experience things differently so you get the picture.
Basically you feel like you’ve lost your mind and your ability to be comfortable physically. I’m going through all that right now.
And I wouldn’t change it for the world.
I recognize that in order for me to heal and change this is necessary and I welcome it.
I recognize that when it seems bad, i simply need to let myself allow it to flow and to trust.
We tend to resist change and our bodies fight it - that’s why the physical side effects happen.. but you can accept it. You can allow it. And it will ease up.
I wanted to write this to tell you as bad as it can seem, As crazy as you might feel. Keep going. Trust.
Because the result, the outcome of this, is going to be more amazing then you can ever imagine.
How do I know if I’m in the midst of it now?
Let me say
This isn’t my first rodeo and it won’t be my last.