On Exo and Insecurities
Whenever I see news about other boy groups achieving aomething big and extraordinary in SoKor or globally, I get so bitter and insecure for Exo. It happens so often that my mind will always have the one-liner "Exo is still the best" already at hand whenever the proper stimulus triggers me. This will be followed by hours of binge watching Exo MVs on YT, as if proving to myself that Exo remains unparalleled and undefeated.
I can't help but compare the same to my own experiences on insecurities. Whenever I'd see others get published, others get awards, or whatnot, my heart rate increases and I can't help but feel dismayed at my perceived lack of greatness.
This is where Exo's unimaginable humility and down-to-earth virtues help me a lot.
Even though othey boy groups, both from 3rd and 4th gens, are rising with their unprecedented successes, not one Exo member has given care about the competition. In every live or interview, they would repeatedly emphasize how they are just plainly happy in having the opportunity and the platform to interact and make their fans happy; to give back more and more to their fanbase who has never doubted them from day one. In recent interviews, even, they would also talk more about realizing the individual happiness of each member, while simultaneously working together as a group to showcase more of their talents and grow more lovingly with their fans.
I realize, everytime I would be thinking this, that like Exo, I should focus on what and who matters. I should focus on my own happiness and peace; I should focus on the energies I feel and receive from the people who matter in my life, i.e. my brothers and friends. I should focus, not on the competition, but on my own happiness and greatness, no matter what their definitions to me may mean.
I realize, everytime I would be thinking of this, that I am really stanning the right group.
캄사함니다, Exo. 사랑하자.
