The Grimm's fairy tale is about the wicked queen who asked the magical mirror who was the fairest. When she got a thumbs down for herself and thumbs up for Snow White, she was livid and wanted to get rid of her competition. Thus Snow White had to be in a glass coffin after eating the poisoned apple and was cared for by seven dwarfs. That is until Prince Charming arrived to revive her.
To ask a mirror, a frank and impartial companion, about one's beauty (read self-worth) was the old way, as shown in the photo above of the 12th Century stone sculpture in Belur. And today, we have Facebook.
Facebook is a masterpiece. Its several million members are ample proof of our continuing need for the magical mirror.
We hear reports of psychologists stating that Facebook addiction is an indication of poor self-esteem. We also hear of suicides and such when someone says Talaq Talaq Talaq or such to the significant other on Facebook. The Like button is so key today for all of us. We have created a far more complex, multifaceted mirror to ask the question of the world about ourselves.
When do I stop needing this external assurance about my own worth? My own place under the sun? Isn't the fact that I exist enough?
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