We live in a world that goes faster and faster. Competition is not only a word aimed at companies and marketing strategies. We increasingly compete with each other, sometimes without noticing it. Technology is a friend that could become our fiercest enemy if we do not watch out. Showing off and speaking loudly has become the main rule if you want to win market shares for your business, but also for yourself. How to live in this kind of individualist world and stay humble at the same time?
This is a feeling: the feeling that we tend to focus a lot on ourselves as time goes by. Maybe it has always been the case since humanity was created. Perhaps the tendency is prevailing today. Of course, the world is not 100% individualist, and the topic must be qualified. Generally, the ones who act for other human beings do not show it with ostentation.
The good and the bad, the selfish and the generous, the nice and the nasty. This is our world. But if you add modernity and technology, something changes, and you see what you were not seeing before. You look at people you do not know, their lives, tastes and opinions. You spend your life on social media, and it can be funny indeed. But what do we see the most?
People talk about themselves. What they do. What is their work. No issue, you will say. As long as respect prevails. Unfortunately, it is not only about respect and information. The trial of social networks will not be held here, and everyone already knows how dangerous social media can be. It is a good thing to be in love with ourselves, and a saying asserts that “you have to love yourself before loving others”. Balance is the key. When self-love turns into disrespect, lack of humility and disdain for others, what do we do?
You still have the possibility not to watch. We are not alone in this world, and we do need each other to achieve a pleasant experience on Earth. Let us love ourselves, but it should not prevent us from being keen on what is close to us.
Guillaume Mahot