The Selfie Killed Joy

Ok, so for the record, the "selfie" was not responsible for single-handedly destroying joy.  And please don't start telling people that I said taking selfies are bad. 

I'm more interested in talking about the selfie that we take with our heart, not with our phone cameras. What do I mean? 

What I mean is that we have become focused on ourselves too much. And with our newly found obsession, we have lost the concern for everything outside ourselves, including other people and God Himself.

Here is the reality: the less you focus on upward and outward things, the more you focus inwardly. Sounds simple and obvious, right? It is. The problem is the effect of that focus shift. 

The flip-side is when we are focused on the concern for others and the work of the Lord, there is naturally less time to focus on self-pity and all its sinister degrees, which obviously affects your joy. 

In other words, the less you pay attention to your troubles, your difficulties, and how bad you have it, the less your joy is negatively affected. 

Of course, I don't mean we stop taking care ourselves. It's not the same thing. But I do mean, we should stop staring at ourselves... and stare more at God.