The Importance

I've been going through my "stuff", over the last couple of years. One of the things I'm finally beginning to realize, and perhaps its starting to really sink in, is the fact all this "stuff", is for the most part, meaningless.

Other than the things given to me by loved ones and friends ... those hold the most meaning by far ... the rest is just fluff, and quite frankly, why do I acquire all of this.

I was a gamer for a long time, and I accumulated just tons of games, computer hardware and all that goes with it. Now I'm wondering why...yes, it was fun at the time, but you can't even begin to use all of it in several normal lifetimes, unless someone finally comes up with that eternal life pill. And now, guess what ... its all sitting in boxes doing nothing but collecting dust.

the stuff that really makes me feel good are the simple things, like having family around, looking at their pictures, seeing them.
maybe I'm getting sentimental in my older age... the finality of the realization I'm seeing everybody I've known slowly parting from the Earth.

Is that great new car all that important when you maybe should spend the cash to go and visit a brother that you haven't seen in 5 years? Or maybe the aunt that helped you out in a pickle or baked some great bread on a Saturday afternoon .... and invited you over for some peanut butter on fresh baked... yes those are the important things ... and then she dies and you haven't seen her in 10 years .... hmmmmmmmmmmmm ....

Walking on the beach ... seeing the surf ... the birds flying ... the sounds ... kids having fun playing in the water. ... as the ad goes ... priceless.

Walking through the woods ... bugs, birds, and bees.
Leaves crunching under your feet in the fall....
the colors ... the smells ... babbling brooks, you can see the fish swimming around, little water bugs flitting on the surface.
The little clear deep pools with the shiney rocks deep down....

LOOK UP !!!! the deep blues and beautiful fluffy white clouds. Zoom ... a flock of geese honking.

Fresh vegetables, carrots, peas, sweet corn. The farmer plowing his field.
Horses running in the pasteur. Cows slowly chewing, contemplating their next walk to the pond.

Yes, its simple and doesn't cost a thing. Why all this importance on acquiring materialistic stuff. All of it passes away.... you're gone, and then what does it matter. The point is to spend the time with the Earth ... your friends .. and your loved ones. That is the key to why we are here on Earth. We always ask that question ... why are we here. I do not think its to acquire worldy goods ... I think it is to make a difference in someone's life ... to care ... to help ... to be unselfish in your life. giving.

My brother-in-law made the point of using an old phrase just prior to his passing .... at the young age of 35 ...
" stop and smell the roses"

We're all caught up in this hectic life style, much of it concerned with earning a lot of money to buy stuff. I found when living in Puerto Rico, that the people out in the country, many of whom were living in basic shelters with dirt floors, no plumbing or sewer systems, were very happy with what they had.

The town I've just recently moved to has a lot of people yearning for more .. to move to the big city, dazzling lights, the fast life... malls, stores, car lots... beautiful people like you see on the soaps. So much trivial meaning. It is not what is important.

Now ... can I fulfill my destiny ....
I must start ... to change ... to become what I have seen I must do.