Lilly Singh Instagram – Comment 😫 below if you’ve ever been nervous to post on IG because you were scared people would judge you. I’m talking about a very specific type of judgement that I feel is super counter-productive. Recently I’ve noticed an increase in judgement around how people contribute to humanity. Something tragic happens in the world and the internet becomes a brawl about who is doing what to help. On the one hand, keeping people accountable and wanting people to help causes is a good thing. We should all be doing our part. But when it goes too far, it becomes toxic. Someone donates to a cause and the response is, “that’s not enough.” Someone highlights an issue and the response is, “what about xyz.” Someone experiences an ounce of joy during tragedy and the response is, “must be nice!” I’ll be vulnerable and share that it happens to me all the time. I can literally spend an entire month raising funds for girls in need, but that effort will be dismissed in seconds because I didn’t post an IG story about another issue that I’m not as familiar with. I don’t think we should be performative. I’m not sure what the goal of this energy is. To foster a culture in which people feel nervous and hesitant to give what they can doesn’t feel productive to me. Especially because we know that most problems in the world cannot be solved by one person. Instead we should be creating a culture where service and joy go hand-in-hand. After all, service is so powerful not only because it helps others, but because it makes us feel good and helps us. Perhaps that’s why our chemical production was created this way. And if we rob it of that joy, where does that leave us? This has been on my mind a lot recently. Probably because right now I’m flying to India for the first time on behalf of @UnicornIsland Fund. And one of my personal objectives is to have two things be true at once: 1) I can be of service towards this issue I care so much about and 2) I can experience joy and laughter along the way. I encourage you to find that cause you really care about and dive in. If yours is gender equality, follow @unicornisland and join our mission. This will be a safe space x ❤️ 📷: @saulopez Dubai, United Arab Emirates