I JUST WENT THROUGH THE ACT OF MOVING RESIDENCES. AFTER IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, I ASKED MYSELF, HOW DID I COLLECT SO MUCH USELESS STUFF AND HOLD ON TO IT FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS.
I HAD A HEART PROCEDURE A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT AM DOING FINE AND READING AGAIN, BUT WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL I WAS REVIEWING MY LIFE, AS WE ALL DO AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME, BUT MEANS SO LITTLE TO MY FAMILY.
WE NOW LIVE IN A DISPOSABLE WORLD. THE YOUNG PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT TO COLLECT GRANDMAS’ CHINA OR SILVER UNLESS THEY CAN SELL IT. THEIR WORLD MOVES SO FAST THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ACCUMULATING JUNK, TO TAKE UP SPACE. WE ARE GOING TO TINY HOUSES THAT DON’T DEPLETE OUR ENERGY. THEY ARE BUYING SMALLER CARS TO SAVE GAS.
I THINK THEY ARE MUCH MORE AWARE OF THINGS THAN WE WERE, THAT IS IMPORTANT THINGS. SO THAT LEADS ME TO THE QUESTION. HOW IMPORTANT ARE THINGS? IN THIS WORLD TODAY, TECHNOLOGY IS MINIMIZING EVERYTHING. THE TIME SPENT WITH OUR FAMILIES, THE PERSONAL TOUCH WHEN COMMUNICATING. WE CAN EVEN BREAK UP OR DUMP SOMEONE BY TEXT. HOW CRAZY IS THAT?
SO I AM SLOWLY GOING THROUGH THE BOXES OF MEMORBILIA, ABOUT MY CHILDREN, MY MOTHER WHO PASSED AND OTHER FAMILY MOMENTOS THAT I HAVE COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE 72 YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE. I SHED SOME TEARS AS I PUT THEM AWAY IN THE BOX THAT SAYS TRASH AND SAY GOOD BY TO THEM.
MY CHILDREN WILL BE HAPPY WHEN I LEAVE THIS EARTH, BECAUSE THEY WON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH MY THINGS AND GET A HUGE DUMPSTER OR HAVE A HUGE GARAGE SALE . THEY CAN JUST GO INTO MY HOUSE AND TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES AS THEY WERE KIDS, HAVE SOME SANDWICHES, AND THEN GO HOME AND SAY TO THEMSELVES, ‘AT LEAST SHE DIDN’T LEAVE BEHIND A BUNCH OF JUNK!
THEY USED TO SAY ‘one mans junk is another man’s treasure”. WELL THAT ONLY APPLIES IN THIS DAY AND TIME IF IT IS DISPOSABLE, OR RECYLABLE.
AH, THE ‘GOOD OLD DAYS’ MY FATHER USED TO SAY WHAT WAS GOOD ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS? PEOPLE DIED YOUNGER, ATE LESS, AND DIDN’T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, OR HEAT THE WAY WE DO NOW. THEY ALSO HAD TO GO DOWN THE STREET TO FIND A PHONE IF THEY WANTED TO CALL SOMEONE, THEY HAD TO GO HOME TO TURN THE RADIO ON TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
EACH GENERATION IS SUPPOSED TO BECOME SMARTER THAN THE LAST ONE, AND MAYBE THEY HAVE, TIME WILL TELL.
SANDRA