that it’s a part of our everyday lives
it’s how we consider our family and
friends are up to get caught up on the
names trends and even give others a
glimpse into our own lives however
social media has started to grow past
its platforms in fact it’s starting to
influence both individuals and the
dynamic of society alike the trends and
attitudes that we see on social media
are translated to reality in the world
around us social media Foster’s this
boastful and materialistic attitude that
has restructured society to lack
humility social media has brought a
multitude of changes within the last
decade alone it’s brought the creation
of new words such as selfie and hashtag
and another expression you may have
heard of humble brag the dictionary and
yes an actual dictionary defines humble
bragging is making a seemingly modest
self-critical statement with the actual
intention of drawing attention to
yourself
so this tactic is used to subtly brag
about something through either a casual
or self-critical statement and this
isn’t just a social media term but it
also applies to our day-to-day
interactions in our daily social life
you may know a friend who has perfected
the art of the humble brag my personal
favorite example that I came across
during my research with this I can’t
believe I just ate 15 pieces of
chocolate I gotta learn to control
myself in flying first class or they’ll
cancel my modeling contract social media
is used as an opportunity to show others
where we are what we have and what we’re
doing it’s come to the point where it no
longer stands to give people glimpse
into our normal everyday lives but
rather it’s this platform where we
portray this flawless image of ourselves
and try and flaunt our best people
always make sure that they post their
best angles their newest accomplishment
or anything that makes their lives look
impressive or exciting the reality is
that this does not only apply to social
media but rather it reflects
the materialistic and self-centered
attitude that this society revolves
around the standard of success directly
relies directly the rise upon what job
you have what your house looks like what
car you drive a clothing you wear and
really how much money you have all these
things fall into the category of
materialistic pursuits materialism is
putting the emphasis on physical things
and the pursuit of material items above
all else and unfortunately there are so
many that fall victim to this trap
people become so driven by wanting nice
things that they let it consume their
lives and it takes precedence over the
more important things we live in what is
commonly called a me first society where
people are so focused on getting ahead
that they become wrapped up in
themselves and in their own lives and
they lose import the sight of the more
important things because we live in a
smooth meat for a society people often
forget other aspects and virtues in
their lives including humility humility
can be defined as a modest or low view
of one’s own importance but anyone can
look up what humility means in a
dictionary so then what’s his humility
really mean humility means thinking of
others first putting their needs ahead
of your own
humility means not drawing undue
attention to yourself and admitting when
you’re wrong humility means doing things
for Owen sense of pride and not for the
praise it brings from others however
humility also means hard work being
humble isn’t something that comes
naturally to us and honestly it’s just
easier to fall into the habit of are
prideful ways it takes effort on our
part to try and be humble
however since were little we’re always
so proud of our accomplishments and
we’re even quicker to try and show them
off think back to when you’re first
learning to ride a bike you get on the
bike your hands on the handlebar you
start pedaling down the street all of a
sudden you got it you’re doing it on
your own I’m guessing you cried out
something along the lines of look mom
I’m doing it and you were probably
instant
appraised when we’re little we seek the
approval of those around us and we look
towards their parents and our family and
our friends to cheer us on and they do
that for us
but at some point we need a more
realistic view of this we can’t do
continue to seek adoration and do things
simply for praise
therefore humility is not a treat that
is instinctively instilled within us and
it’s something we have to work hard at
to develop so what’s the point if
humility is such a difficult quality to
obtain and reflects why try to obtain it
isn’t necessary to our lives or doesn’t
make us any more successful or happy
there was this ancient Greek philosopher
Epicurus who is well known for his views
and theory on happiness
Epicurus believed in order to achieve
the state of complete pleasure you had
to be prat you had a practice being
content with the simple thing is life
that would mean abstaining from
unnecessary desires and the pursuit of
material things
Epicurus believed by only having the
bare necessities of food shelter
clothing and then your family thoughts
and freedom you would be happiest now
let’s be real for a moment to live in
this sort of way especially with the
demands of society would be a pretty
daunting task in fact I’ve spoken from
some of my friends and my peers and even
some adults and they felt a vote a
Pickers philosophy sounded good it would
be pretty impossible to live by to live
in this sort of way it would be pretty
difficult especially in a society that
is so dependent on an image of success
measured by wealth so this got me
thinking of a more practical application
of Epicurus philosophy because according
to Epicurus having them living a
simplistic life is what brings happiness
perhaps by only having the mindset of
simplicity can be happy there’s nothing
wrong with having material things are
nice objects but if the mindset you have
about it and the way you go about acting
by choosing to have the mind
active humility you will enjoy the
rewards of a simple life and find
yourself being happier the palm doesn’t
lie and having nice things in itself
it’s the constant need to flaunt it
spend the time to examine the motive
behind what you’re buying are you
purchasing that new item because you
personally want it and you can’t wait to
use it or is it because you want others
to know that you have it and you can’t
wait to show it off
you can demonstrate humility by not
going out of your way to show off your
newest buy there’s no need to brag about
it the next time you see your friends or
to immediately rush onto social media to
post a picture to flaunt it another
question you can ask yourself is do I
need this or do I just want it do you
really need the latest iPhone or do you
just want your family and friends to be
able to see that you have it a boastful
attitude can also be off-putting to
others so by being humble you can others
will feel more at ease around you and
they won’t feel the need to have to
impress you all the time they’ll also
perceive you as being more genuine your
friend should like you for who you are
not for what you have so by being humble
people so by being humble people will
feel more at ease around you and they’ll
really enjoy being your friends success
by society standards is measured by what
we have and what we do but do you really
want to let that define who you are the
pursuit of material things take away
from the more important things in life
so just family and friends that can make
us happy Colt evading humility is what
is needed in this materialistic and
self-centered world in which we live in
if even just one person leaves this
event today and continues to think about
humility I’d have to say is humbly as I
can that I did a good job because if
each person could just be a little more
mindful about being humble the world
would be a much happier place being
humble allows you to see past yourself
in your own needs
the needs of others because humility
isn’t thinking less of yourself it’s
thinking of yourself less thank you [Applause]