Although this was written on Facebook, the rant's not about facebook as such, but it does act as a platform for people to splash their thoughtless and misguided nonsense...This was posted by an absolutely lovely lady I work with, and it's followed by many a "well said Babe" "spot on" etc etc...but is it me? But I think it's far from "spot on" and is wrong on many levels! Here we go......
As we grow older, we slowly realise that wearing a £300 or a £30 watch, they both tell the same time.
Whether we carry a £300 or a £3 wallet, the money inside is the same. Whether we drink a bottle of £300 champagne or £6 wine, the hangover is the same.
Whether the house we live in is 300 or 3000 sq-ft, loneliness is the same. Whether you drive a £1,000 banger or a £80,000 Benz, they both serve the same purpose.
You will realise, your happiness does not come from the material things of this world. It comes from spending our short time here living and laughing with the ones we love.
Stay humble, we all end up in the same sized hole in the ground
Before I start I agree entirely with the final sentence - Nowt wrong with a bit of humility but the rest? Does she not imply that if you like spending, or have enough money to buy luxury goods that you don't care about people? Let me tell you that this lady drives a pretty decent car, as does her daughter who's sporting personalised number plates that her mum just bought her, she's taking two long haul holidays this year alone (carribbean/New York). Lonlieness? She has a very large, very close knit and very happy family and failing disaster isn't that likely to experience what that feels like any time soon!
Someone who doesn't have friends and family nearby, or at all, one will probably find that their bits n' bobs are their only comfort, and if they're expensive bit's n' bobs - does that make them a bad person? - I'd say, most definitely not!
As I've grown older, I actually would rather spend money, now I've got a bit on better quality material goods, doesn't mean I don't appreciate my loved ones.
I think this post could be quite hurtful to some if I'm honest, eg, another work colleague is estranged from both her son and daughter through no fault of her own, is in a complicated and unenviable relationship. She spends much of her money on designer bags, holidays abroad, high end fragrances etc etc, but I know she'd be happier with a primark bag, a week in Skegness if it meant she could reconnect with her kids....but this is the real world, not some fairy tale in which a genie offers her the love of her family in return for all her designer bags and stuff!! These are not choices one has to make! Feel free to post this sort of stuff against the person who saved their Ipad in a house fire before she tried to save their family...but thankfully most people aren't like that!! In fact I'd imagine that a lot of people would put any human life before (ie a stranger) before they thought about saving "stuff"!
This post is not the first time in life I've come across such thoughtless dross.. Some years back I met up with an old friend, her daughter and my son were once classmates until she moved away. I bumped into her a few years on and she invited me over, since I last saw her she'd popped another couple of kids at her house she was doing some nature project with them and as she did she told me life isn't about material things and gadgets it's about family (knowing I love my gadgets, as she lovingly used to call me the shopping channel queen)...Did she not realise that because I hadn't yet added to my family, that I only cared about the material things in life? Why can't people just express their love and gratitude for their family and friends without having to make comparisons? It's not difficult to say...Oh I'm so happy without slating other people's life choices, or lives they're living because they don't have a choice?
Rant over...thanks for listening! xx
As we grow older, we slowly realise that wearing a £300 or a £30 watch, they both tell the same time.
Whether we carry a £300 or a £3 wallet, the money inside is the same. Whether we drink a bottle of £300 champagne or £6 wine, the hangover is the same.
Whether the house we live in is 300 or 3000 sq-ft, loneliness is the same. Whether you drive a £1,000 banger or a £80,000 Benz, they both serve the same purpose.
You will realise, your happiness does not come from the material things of this world. It comes from spending our short time here living and laughing with the ones we love.
Stay humble, we all end up in the same sized hole in the ground
Before I start I agree entirely with the final sentence - Nowt wrong with a bit of humility but the rest? Does she not imply that if you like spending, or have enough money to buy luxury goods that you don't care about people? Let me tell you that this lady drives a pretty decent car, as does her daughter who's sporting personalised number plates that her mum just bought her, she's taking two long haul holidays this year alone (carribbean/New York). Lonlieness? She has a very large, very close knit and very happy family and failing disaster isn't that likely to experience what that feels like any time soon!
Someone who doesn't have friends and family nearby, or at all, one will probably find that their bits n' bobs are their only comfort, and if they're expensive bit's n' bobs - does that make them a bad person? - I'd say, most definitely not!
As I've grown older, I actually would rather spend money, now I've got a bit on better quality material goods, doesn't mean I don't appreciate my loved ones.
I think this post could be quite hurtful to some if I'm honest, eg, another work colleague is estranged from both her son and daughter through no fault of her own, is in a complicated and unenviable relationship. She spends much of her money on designer bags, holidays abroad, high end fragrances etc etc, but I know she'd be happier with a primark bag, a week in Skegness if it meant she could reconnect with her kids....but this is the real world, not some fairy tale in which a genie offers her the love of her family in return for all her designer bags and stuff!! These are not choices one has to make! Feel free to post this sort of stuff against the person who saved their Ipad in a house fire before she tried to save their family...but thankfully most people aren't like that!! In fact I'd imagine that a lot of people would put any human life before (ie a stranger) before they thought about saving "stuff"!
This post is not the first time in life I've come across such thoughtless dross.. Some years back I met up with an old friend, her daughter and my son were once classmates until she moved away. I bumped into her a few years on and she invited me over, since I last saw her she'd popped another couple of kids at her house she was doing some nature project with them and as she did she told me life isn't about material things and gadgets it's about family (knowing I love my gadgets, as she lovingly used to call me the shopping channel queen)...Did she not realise that because I hadn't yet added to my family, that I only cared about the material things in life? Why can't people just express their love and gratitude for their family and friends without having to make comparisons? It's not difficult to say...Oh I'm so happy without slating other people's life choices, or lives they're living because they don't have a choice?
Rant over...thanks for listening! xx
