The perils of modern life i.e., living in your head all the time!

"I have realised that people who quickly or constantly judge, label, compare, analyse – have a self-acceptance issue, because they are insecure about their appearance/money/status/abilities/relationships. Thence, it has nothing to do with the ‘subject’ that is being judged, it is merely a coping mechanism to deal with their insecurity. 

If they suffer from unstable self-esteem, they become jaded and jealousy/self-victimisation kicks in. Even better, if they are exploitative, they start planning how they can acquire the same thing they’re insecure about by using this interaction/individual. This is called a scarcity mindset, that being happy for others will lessen yours – a shit value, that life is one big gymnasium, you shove someone in a locker first or someone will shove you. 

This is the peril of modern life i.e., living in your head all the time: the involuntary thought process that you realise have the power to stop. We should remind ourselves frequently, we only play the protagonist in our own life, not in everyone’s life. We should resist this call for constant self-regard, human narcissism and need to feel important (As I refer to it self-fellatio). Comparison is the killer of joy – it keeps you suffering from ego (past) or pride (future), thus leaving less time to be a decent human being with healthy (positive) self-esteem, self-acceptance and commitment to self-improvement" – عدنان

Images: The only art piece that I own from Mevlavi Land, Istanbul, Turkey and Eiffel Tower, was painted red to begin with and had a couple of other runs, before getting it's own color (“Eiffel Tower brown”) to represent it's iconic status in Paris and the world.