Reviving the victim

When my “online persona” is open to the public, I can see what friends are saying and doing all the time, and not to mention that all the things that interest me gets updated all day long, it’s easy to feel like a victim of life. You can be reacting to all this information; time will fly by and be left feeling quietly alone at bed time.

We can keep very busy managing all these connections. On a good day it feels like popularity, but more like a burden when we are depressed.

My second post today is about how much easier it is to feel like a victim amongst noise of information and requests for response. It’s something celebrities deal with. The difference is they make money from popularity and I don’t.

Star or not, at bed time, we are all left to face ourselves. It’s important to know if we are focusing on what is important. Otherwise, we will be a victim to the noise of madding crowd and the demands of strangers.

More than ever, we need to know who loves us and what makes sense in our lives. Because the star effect creates such contrast between crowded excitement and being alone, that the shock of loneliness can seem like death.

If we realize we must deal with our ego before other people, I think we will feel less a victim and more alive among friends.