Everyone has a highlight reel. You see it every time you log into Facebook or Instagram.
It’s the beautiful oceanside vacation. The happy baby and her beautiful mother. The flawless selfie. The winning soccer game.
It’s called the highlight reel because it only captures the very best moments.
But there is a lot that goes on that doesn’t make it into the Instagram feed.
The delayed flight. The lost luggage. The fighting family. The screaming baby at 1am, 2:15am, 3:30am, and 4:15am. The 25 not so perfect selfie’s that were deleted from the camera roll. The frantic parents eating fast food in the car on the way to the third soccer game that weekend.
None of those are Insta-worthy.
You don’t see the mess, so you mistakingly believe that it doesn’t exist. But it does.
Nobody posts pictures of their credit card bills, their defiant teenager or their acne.
But that’s real life. And it’s ok.
It’s fun to scroll through and see the wonderful things that are happening in our friends lives. Yes, their vacation was fun, the baby is adorable, your friend is beautiful, and the winning goal at the soccer game was spectacular. It’s all true, but as they say in the courtroom, there is the truth…and there is the whole truth.
You Instagram feed? Not the whole truth.
Don’t compare your take 1, take 2 and take 3 to someone else’s perfectly filtered final cut. I promise you, they left a lot on the cutting room floor.
A LOT.
Enjoy their highlight reel. Like it, love it, and give them all the support in your comments. Then meet them for lunch and talk about the truth…the whole truth.
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