In the past year or so, when my love affair with Instagram started to blossom, I wouldn't touch my food or cocktail drink without having to take its photo first. I couldn't resist the urge to post my newly-purchased trinkets and then adding the hashtag + "blessed" or the hashtag + "thankful". When I find myself in a new place (a cozy lounge, a farm, a mountaintop, a hole-in-the-wall cafe) or just staring at a weird piece of art, I automatically start thinking about how to frame it. Or who to tag. Or who to share it with. Seeing rainbows, devouring intricately-designed cupcakes and randomly bumping into long lost friends have never felt this documented.
This month, I challenge all of us to put our gadgets down when we are with our loved ones. I challenge all of us to engage in deep conversations with our best friends over coffee; enjoy a rock concert without watching it through our iPads (while recording); or simply marvel at how the sky turns orange then pink then purple on a good sunset. I challenge all of us to value the stuff that truly matter, get grounded and chase our own dreams (not some fantasy that someone else posted online).
And finally, I challenge all of us to love who we are and what we are doing as if no one else is watching.
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