A few nights ago, I had a good chat with my bestfriend, and
we deliberately discussed about things, about our reality, especially our
frustrations in life. As the night went on, we may have not realized it but we’ve
shared different stories from different perspectives, and at the same time we’ve
given each other advices to complement the feelings that we were dwelling on
that very moment. We are able to impart wisdom, words of which we cannot think
of, didn’t want to think of, or we already thought of but cannot accept. What’s
my point then?
Many of us don’t realize that we are already being
controlled by the social network. The Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc., has made
people think everything they need to know is in here, and that everything they
could think of, and/or relate to is around the posts and quotes and status of
random people. Now as I scroll down my news feed, I started to see its really
happening. A lot of us post many sayings, quotes, and deep thoughts and whatnot
by certain individuals or organizations who has made a “name” around through history
and advertising or social promotions. Mandela, Shakespeare, Bob Marley, locals
like Ninoy, Marcos, Rizal, Bob Ong, Marcelo etc., meron pang mga quotes na
sinabi daw ng mga bagay tulad ng pader, lapis, utot, butiki at marami pang iba..
What we don’t see is that those eargasm words and phrases are commercially merchandised
to us-the consumers who always seek for inspirations, advices, or/and even attention.
I say we shouldn’t live by all those wise words that we get
from the internet. What we need to admire are the words that truly relate to us
even by a fraction of our lives – words from the people we care about, those
who know who we are and what we need. Wisdom from a loved one surely weights ten
folds more than those advertised sentences.
Whenever we encounter a problem, it has become easy for us to relate it to posts and quotes we see online. But the social media has fooled us to
believe that we don’t need a real person in front of us to reaffirm or get the
piece of wisdom that we need. The reason why we have our families and friends
can’t be replaced by the existence of an artificial/virtual social site.
Sharing experiences is still the key, our own wisdom should either come from
inside or from the people we share our emotions and insights to. And it’s always
easier in every aspect; to hear, to believe, and to live by those words, words
that came from the mouth of someone who truly cares.
Btw, this is a status update.
