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the simple life

maybe it’s the economy, maybe it’s the weather, but today reminded me that i don’t need a whole lot to be happy.

a temperate, calm afternoon. great friends. good conversation. a long walk around town. a little coffee and a nice meal.

that’s it. that’s all my afternoon consisted of, and i wouldn’t have ever wanted anything more.

given our current economic situation, i can only hope that as we all move forward that we can redefine the “american dream”. somewhere along the way things got skewed and suddenly the simplistic white picket fence turned into a gulfstream and a bentley. i hope we can all be reminded that we really don’t need a whole lot to be content. as i was walking around town, i thought about how great it must have been 60 years ago, not but a decade after our last depression, when people smiled as they passed and were happy to see each other. there was community. you rode your bike to the nearest general store to get ice cream on a cone, and life was good. there was no such thing as a 10,000 square foot home. people only had what they needed, nothing more.

what changed? when did we become a society of excess? and why? i just don’t get it. example: do you really wear every item of clothing in your closet? probably not. then why so much? and why is so much so acceptable? i can almost fit everything i own into my 4-door sedan and i still feel like i have too many things.

i think people need to reconsider where they’re getting their happiness from. i think we need to start fresh and simplify. i hope the “american dream” can become what it once was: not too much, but just enough. and personally, i like the look of a white picket fence.

it was a simpler time

i’m out with my friends. i meet someone that i’m interested in. i get their number.

what do i do now? do i call tomorrow? day after tomorrow? maybe i text something before the end of the night. maybe i text something the next day. ok, so i call the next day, she doesn’t answer. but my number shows up on her caller id. do i leave message? do i play it cool and not leave a message, knowing i can call again? but then, when i call again, my number shows up, again. now i have to leave a message. two calls. should i have texted and then called and saved the second call? should i have called then texted? should i have just left a message on the first call?

go back 30 years.

i’m out with my friends. i meet someone that i’m interested in. i get their number.

i call the next day, she doesn’t answer. doesn’t matter, she doesn’t know who the eff called. i can call all night and all day. she’ll never know. hell, i can keep calling til i get that broad on the phone. or i can leave a message,… and then keep on calling. ring, ring, ring, ring, ring.

if only it was that easy now.

it was a simpler time.

remember when your mom told you to be somewhere at 6? and if you weren’t there, at that exact spot, at 6 sharp, you either had a quarter for the pay phone or walked home? and even if you did have a quarter, hopefully she was home by the time you called. God forbid you don’t hang up the pay phone before the answering machine comes on (three rings or four? three rings or four? THREE RINGS OR FOUR RINGS?! crap, i don’t remember!!!),… or else you’re out 25 cents and you’re REALLY walking home.

remember when you had your first car and gave a friend a ride home for the first time and they gave you 2 dollars for gas money?… and you were psyched!!!

remember how upset you got when you rented a vhs tape from blockbuster, got home, popped it in, and the credits were rolling?! UUGHHHH!!! i have to rewind this before i watch it?! how rude.

it was a simpler time.