I Want To Be A Much Better Person Than I Am
Is it the world or is it me? Why do I feel the need to be better? If I was alone on an island, would I still want to be better or is this just about what I think I should do to keep up with the expectations of those around me...who am I even? Am I just layers of what I should be and do and think? How do you find yourself in the mess of what you have been told to want and do and think all your life?
We're always caught in the odd situation of being told to be ourselves ( like anyone knows who that is) but to follow the rules (not be yourself). Maybe that's why the world is turning into a big stage for validation...doing it right is getting upvoted. It's a circus and it doesn't matter if it makes you happy, so long as everyone else approves. I can only think this will take us further from ourselves and make us all reliant on validation to fill the hole.
We're always caught in the odd situation of being told to be ourselves ( like anyone knows who that is) but to follow the rules (not be yourself). Maybe that's why the world is turning into a big stage for validation...doing it right is getting upvoted. It's a circus and it doesn't matter if it makes you happy, so long as everyone else approves. I can only think this will take us further from ourselves and make us all reliant on validation to fill the hole.