Simplicity is Bliss
December 21, 2017
Quick question for you
Do you know the difference between 10 and 104?
You’d say yes; 94
But I say, the 10
It means much more
All of our faces
Stuffed in our phones
The screens all that we’re seeing
Laziest of beings
Getting 104 handed right to us
Social anxiety belittling and crippling us
Not having the courage for a real conversation
Let’s take a trip
Back to 30-40 years ago
When the order of the day was not mass-production, and
You actually watched it live, and not through your phone, and
Not growing up just as fast as you could, and
Most moms and most dads
They tried to make it work
Unlike how we now give up
Never shut up
Always like to whine and complain
1/104, what does it mean?
It means 15 pairs of sneakers
20 blouses
5 different bottles of shampoo
10 tv channels, just for those political preachers
Spilling the propaganda of the left and right houses
A smartphone and 21 needless apps too
9 tubes of mascara, because one would just never do
And 24 unnamed toys
Would you really even notice if one of them was gone?
Of course not
But imagine if you had
1 week’s worth clothes
2 action figures
1 baseball with a bat
And 1 tube tv with 3 channels for your shows
Instead of pizza on the couch every night with your fingers
You had 1 dining table, where more than once a year, your family eats
1 phone, connected by a cord, on the wall
You’d talk on it, for maybe twenty minutes, to people who mattered
Instead of wasting your time, sending “streaks” to all
Or whining on social media, acting like you’re shattered
Yeah, we all agree, 10 is far less than 104
But, understand that less is more
Now stop, take a minute
Think about what you’ve got
And how much of it you could give
To someone who does not
So, have you thought of some things
That you wouldn’t miss
Good job
Now, keep in mind
Sometimes
Simplicity
Is
Bliss
Michaela Pastorius • Jan 2, 2018 at 7:19 pm
Love, love, love this! Great job Ashley!