I'm the sort of person that when I get something new, I have to sort it out straight away. If it's clothes I have to take off all the tags, if it's a game I have to take it out of the box and have a look at it and if it's a new bag I have to transfer all my stuff over into it straight away. I think there's no point in buying something new if you're not going to use it so why not make it ready to use straight away, or at least the next day!
Getting new stuff is always fun. The excitement of something new to try out, the fun of looking at all the different bits and bobs on it. It's like when you arrive at a holiday home; you have to immediately go running around the place, investigating the rooms, opening every single cupboard, draw, and door.
This reminds me of the last time I went on Easter Camp. We were in an old school and when we arrived we spent ages just running around investigating. We went up and down the stairs, along the corridors, tried out pretty much every door and found we were going round in circles most of the time. It was great fun and we even played a game of hide and seek later in the week.
The thing is, after a while, that new thing is no longer new. It's no longer you're 'new toy' that you want to investigate and it's either become something everyday or just forgotten. Maybe a bit later along the line you may find it again and dig it out for a while but it's not new. It doesn't have that same glow and excitement of new.
I think we often forget that possessions aren't the be all and end all. We can have new clothes, technology, games and books galore but they ultimately won't last. The clothes will wear out or get stained, the technology will grow old, needing to be replaced by the next best thing, the games will lose pieces or break while the books will become tatty and lose that wonderful 'new book' smell.
There are things much more important that possessions and we so often forget that. In the rush to have the newest clothes, latest technology and more books, we forget that they won't help in the long run. Money creates more problems than it solves and we need to remember that. Helping each other, being kind to each other, and thinking about eternity is much more important. We're still allowed to like our new things but we must get them in perspective!
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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