Living Life

We lead a life where we fill every moment of time with entertainment that exhausts us and leaves no room for thought or admiration.

We live in an era where the need to communicate everything is overwhelming. At any moment, we can know what someone else is doing, where they are eating, where they are vacationing, what work projects they are involved in, or even what they think about the latest political decision. A state decisively driven by social media.

A life scenario that has shifted our interest from the immediate environment (family, neighborhood, city, community…) to the global. However, this perspective is often blurred, as the lens we use—Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X…—often illustrates a fantasy novel rather than an essay.

In some way, we have gone from being the main actors in our lives to mere spectators of fantastical stories told by others. Today, it’s harder than ever to be oneself, to be authentic.

Thus, this gaze toward an apparently bright exterior can result in turning back to the day-to-day of our own lives and seeing something dark, simple, routine, ugly. And this doesn’t only happen with our own lives but also with those of our closest ones—family, friends, community, or even country. What should be the most daring and interesting adventure of our lives becomes mere routine.

Ultimately, we live a life where we fill every space of time with entertainment that exhausts us and leaves no room to think and admire.

And in the face of such an uninspiring picture, what can we do? Here, surely, the defender of the inexplicable, Chesterton, would have much to say. He would remind us that life, in its infinite complexity and beauty, is full of mysteries. In it, the seemingly insignificant can reveal surprising depth. Cultivating the ability to stumble upon, to find beauty in the everyday, is an act of rebellion against monotony and a way to appreciate the gift of existence.

We lead a life where we fill every moment of time with entertainment that exhausts us and leaves no room for thought or admiration.

In conclusion, today the greatest transgression one can commit in a world where screens, influencers, and apps are practically everything is to live life, one’s own life.