AT TIMES, ONLY ME LIKES ME! :-(

I get a bit envious sometimes when an ailing friend or acquaintance gets plenty of sympathy for a speedy recovery. I myself was hospitalized last year and I posted it on social media as it transpired. Despite making public posts, I got awfully few well-wishers. It kind of reflects just how many people care for me. It got me thinking, who the hell am I to others, anyway? Do I deserve this kind of treatment (or more precisely, the lack of it)? After much thought, I realized that I only like myself now because I am the “protagonist” of my own life. During my difficult times, I even fail to fulfill that. I probably wouldn’t like me if I were somebody else. That’s the problem. HAHAHAHA!!!! >_<

But I would rather be the real me than pretend to be likeable. I have to admit to myself that I am not loved by most; and I must cherish those very few who accept me for who I am. I have just a handful of friends but I believe they’re genuine.

Come to think of it, why should I waste my time on this bullshit issue?! The numbers of “likes” (and other relative emoticons) in our social media posts do not equate to the number of people who are truly concerned about us! It’s only sheer statistics. A post can become more popular simply because you have more “friends”. If you have, say, a thousand so-called “friends” or “followers”, five percent (5%) of that would already count fifty (50). That’s already a considerable number for me, but that doesn’t mean many people actually give a damn. In fact, if your post gained only two (2) likes (or any single digit) out of a thousand “friends”, then we can safely say that it almost went unnoticed. Think ratio and proportion.

I’m not saying this in general terms and it certainly doesn’t apply to everybody (because I still am a “practitioner”); but social media, as a whole, is a SHIT place full of fake reputations, irresponsible netizens/cowardly bashers and attention-hungry hypocrites showing off their phony “humblebrags”!! Yes, we all want an audience once in a while. AND YES, ACCEPTABILITY OF WHAT WE PUT IN STILL DEPENDS ON A CASE-TO-CASE BASIS! Whatever we post, whether public or private, are only expressions. When it comes to our personal well-being, honest concern comes from the authentic people we encounter in our actual lives, not from someone you hardly know who’s halfway around the world typing, “Are you OK?” Sometimes, they don’t even have to say it. You just feel either the sincerity, or the hypocrisy.

Many people have hated me multiple times for being this frank. Those who are able to tolerate me are very strong individuals.

It shouldn’t hurt if ever someone is really being sarcastic and harsh to us. We must try to put ourselves in their shoes… I don’t know; depending maybe on that person, I may think I might do worse IF the situation was reversed. It's very easy to judge if we're "blind to ourselves", after all. LOVE PEOPLE FOR BEING WHO THEY ARE, not for who we want them to be. People's overall individual disposition makes each of them exceptional and loveable, not only to us but I’m sure to a lot of other people as well. But yes, “unwanted admirers” are still 'unwanted'.

There are just those whose cynicism worsen when they start to look better and taste a little bit of comfort in life. BITCHES. HAHAHA!!! But seriously, I feel sorry for them. If ever we were to change, let us change for the better!! There is always hope that we can all be improved versions of ourselves! Anyway, let's still be happy for them in their success and still wish them the best!

There. I finished “screaming” my heart out.

I enjoyed writing this. It made me realize some things as I wrote along. Therapeutic indeed. HAHAHAHA!!!! ^_^