The Thing About Things
So the bad thing about jetlag is being wide awake from 3am. The good thing about jetlag is that I’ve done two blog assignments and written this poem – and all before 8.30…
I’ve always valued experiences over things, and this is never clearer in my mind than upon returning from South East Asia, where people have far less stuff but always seem so much happier than us Western folk. Can you relate?
The Thing About Things
The thing about things
Is that objects can’t talk
They won’t laugh at your jokes
Or come out for a walk
The thing about things
Is that stuff gathers dust
It clutters your house
Or turns into rust
The thing about things
Is they can’t make you better
They won’t say the right thing
Or cheer you up with a letter
The problem with things
Is the buzz won’t last long
You hand over your money
But what’s wrong is still wrong
The things that we buy
To fill holes that we’ve found
In our souls end up filling
Big holes in the ground
So whenever you think about buying a thing
Consider the happiness it may bring
If the thing won’t benefit your heart or your head
Put it back on the shelf
And buy an adventure instead.
Sam x
Fancy reading my back-story before you go any further? You can find my other blogs at:
www.costaricachica1.blogspot.
www.samgoessolo.blogspot.com
www.mummymission.blogspot.com
www.worldwidewalsh.blogspot.
Follow me:
Twitter: @SamanthaWalsh76 (
Facebook: @lifeabirdseyeview
Instagram: @lifeabirdseyeview
