“SOCIAL MEDIA is curated - But we know this. We KNOW this. So why do we compare our thousand unstaged, unplanned moments against pictures of perfection? Why do we interpret OUR WORTH through such a deliberate, warped lens? I’ve been thinking about this A LOT lately.About how SOCIAL MEDIA is so often FAKE, and still we listen to its soft half lies. Not just when it comes to POSING and BODIES, although this is the easiest thing to illustrate on an image-led platform. But also when it comes to RELATIONSHIPS. To FRIENDS. To entire REALITIES. And our worlds NEVER live up to these glamorous, perfect, sunsent-drenched and clenched and posed snapshots. Because humans aren’t LIKE THAT. Not really. We’re messy and raw and complex and conflicted. We come wrapped in bodies with CELLULITE and stretchmarks, and full of SOULS that tremble as they hope. We are real. We are incredible. So today, today, I just want to remind you to challenge that lens. Challenge what it tells you about yourself. And how it makes you feel. Remember that what you see on here — whether it’s shapes or life stories — is just one bitesized moment. One second that’s been CHOOSEN to share. And that your life, your body, YOU, With all your glorious tumbles, and your deliciously raw dreams, You are WONDERFUL. You are WORTHY. And you are INCREDIBLE. Exactly as you are. Exactly as you ALWAYS are.” - @danaemercer