“Save me from the burden that isn’t mine” – Jumoke Odetola cries out to God 

Actress and producer Jumoke Odetola has lamented over the current state of social media, criticizing the prevalence of “clout chasing” and a lack of emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and common sense among users.

In an Instagram post, Odetola described how interacting with people who lack these qualities can be mentally draining. 

She also expressed her exhaustion with feeling secondhand embarrassment from individuals she neither knows nor engages with.

Turning to faith, she prayed for strength to ignore negativity, remain unbothered, and avoid wasting time on issues that do not concern her.

She wrote: “In this age and time where clout chasing is the new currency and lots of people do not even know where and when to draw the line.

“If you still have common sense, emotional intelligence, social awareness, and self-awareness. I bet you don’t realize how blessed you are. The irony is it’s a blessing wrapped in thorns, those who lack these basic qualities can be incredibly frustrating. You will be getting embarrassed on behalf of people who don’t even know/send you.

"Dear God, please save me from the burden that isn’t mine. Grant me the grace to look away, be unbothered, and not spend hours pondering on the embarrassment thati sn’t mine”.