What an interesting read to collide with. There was a time I took my broken to social media and assumed the thousands on Facebook and other zillion profiles were actually friends then I met whom I thought we were the closest and went back home to pull down each and every one I could remember how down. It was like a wake call and with it came too much caution. I have some respectable fear for strangers now.
Nothing wrong with fearing strangers as that is what we are hardwired to do. The trick I guess is having the skills to differentiate friend from foe, something that social media has discouraged by incentivizing "branding" instead of reality. I find that those who have spent the most time on social media have the lowest skills in reading face to face intentions and, are the most sensitive to criticism.
I rarely do spend time online (my contributions to this awesome village should tell you that) but I still find face to face a bit of an uphill task. People are not what they seem if you asked me or maybe I am just being negative.
My time now is invested in my real life work and I see the joy, confusion, and the same fear I know of in my clients faces. Sometimes, I feel like I relate to them more than I would to anyone out here.
About criticism, I sort of agree but I am learning to take it in. No one can criticize me more than my own inner man so where's the need to worry about what anyone says 🤷
Your writes make me think 💞
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