"Facebook Perfect"

I have seen a lot of discussion about people only posting good and positive things on social media sites. Almost everything I have seen about this topic, is how people need to be more honest about how their lives really are, and stop showing this "fake" facade about their lives. I have something to say about that, and I probably won't be very popular because of it.

I honestly don't want to post about all of the hard, terrible, or crappy things that happen in my life. I would rather put on that "happy face" and show the good in my life. Not because I want people to think I'm perfect, but because I want to remind myself daily of the good in my life. I will openly admit that I am guilty of cropping a photo to not show a mess in the background, or to not post a photo for the same reason. I am guilty of not posting hard things, and not showing my pain in status updates. I have been known to not put my troubles out for the public to see and read, and judge. I don't believe in airing my "Dirty laundry" for everyone to see. Sure every once in a while I will post small things. I will post something hard or difficult.

But I mostly post good things. And why not? Why not say that my life is great? Why not show the positive side of my life? Why not focus on the good? Why not?

Have you ever noticed that there are people that only post about the bad things in their lives? What are the thoughts that pass through your head when you read those posts? Are they happy thoughts? Are they good thoughts? Are they thoughts that make you want to have a life like that? Does it make you smile? I know that it doesn't do any of that for me. I come away from posts like that thinking, "Wow. Is their life really that hard? Is there nothing good going on? Is there nothing happy? I feel so bad for him/her/them. I wish there was something I could do to help. I wish that there was some way to make them feel better." Sometimes there is something I can do, and in those instances I do, I help, I say a kind word, or drop by, or call, but most of the time I can't do anything. I can't help. I can't do anything. My call would make things worse. My words would fall on deaf ears. My good intentions could be misconstrued. I try to help when I am needed, when a concern is voiced, and when a voice is not concerned, I still try to lend a helping hand when I can, but there are times when people don't want help.

So why not be "Facebook perfect"? Why not show our best side? Why not talk about the good? Why not? Why show the bad, the terrible, the crappy, the hard? Why focus on that? I'm going to focus on the good. Because even when life is hard, I choose to focus on the positive! I hope that you will too!