Social Media as neighbours WINDOW
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Recently, I watched an
Oscar-winning short movie Neighbor’s Window on YouTube, as suggested by my husband.
Of course, an
Oscar-winning movie can’t be just ordinary. I had to watch this movie.
This 20-minute movie
shows how we tend to look out our Neighbors’ windows and forget to consider
what’s happening in our lives.
The movie shows an
apartment where a family of four, a couple in their 30s with their kids, live.
These couples observe that the apartment, just in front of their own, has
recently been occupied by a young couple who seem to be enjoying their lives.
They’re not conscious of privacy as they don’t have any curtains and are
engaged in intimate acts which makes the couples in their 30s jealous.
The couples in their 30s
feel that they’ve lost the spark in their lives being burdened by the
responsibilities of raising the kids and taking care of other household chores.
All they’re interested in
is looking at what’s happening in their Neighbor’s Apartment using binoculars.
That would entertain them as they find the young couple’s life more happening.
Days pass and the act of
looking at their Neighbor’s window continues whenever they get time. Sometimes,
they would find some gatherings of friends and family members or some events
being organized at the apartment of the young couple.
One day while looking
through their windows, the couple in their 30s found the young man had no hair
and was sleeping in a bed that resembled that of the hospital’s. They frowned
at this sight.
A few days later, they
found a gathering of some people who were carrying bouquets and consoling that
young woman who was seen crying.
After a few days, when
the lady in her 30s returned home, after bringing the children, went close to
the window to look at the Neighbor’s apartment, and she saw that two men were
carrying that young man along with the bed.
On seeing this, this lady
in her 30s, rushed downstairs to learn more about the actual situation, only to
find out that the young woman’s husband died of cancer and she confessed that
they dreamed of having a happy family like that of theirs.
This movie made me think
aren’t we like those neighbors peeping into each other’s life through social
media, while assuming that their lives are better than ours?
Are we mindfully living
our lives, living in the present by not comparing it with others?
The reality is that
social media is an illusion, what we see on social media is a fraction of
other’s lives. While social media may portray the happy and rosy sides of
other’s lives, we must not ignore the blessings that are parts of our lives.
Unreasonable comparisons,
originating from social media, are the primary reasons for our unhappiness.
Let’s be mindful about what we’re consuming from social media.
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Swati Sarangi
22.12.2024
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