I wanted to post something, so I dug up a poem I write for a newborn little girl next door. She is now 4 months old!!!!
Welcome to the world Leela dear,
Where ocean waves fall and trees are tall,
Where the clouds will tear.
Welcome to the world Leela love,
When a new child cries next door,
When the angels sing from above.
Welcome to the world Leela darling,
What makes this summer morning sing,
What allowed the winds whirling,
Of joy to see her stirring,
To see a new beauty born.
In World History we were discussing the philosophies of Greek leaders such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
We talked about happiness, and material things. Is someone who seems to have it all really happy?
To me, the answer could be yes, but not because of the things they have.
Life is not about material things, not about cell phones, computers, TV, books, homes, cars, and all. Life is about the experiences you have.
While people desire material things, when they get it, they only desire more. This isn’t true happiness. To desire stuff brings disappointment, anger, frustration, sadness, and when whatever is desired is obtained, there is only a moment of happiness, followed by more desire.
No. It is the moments in a lifetime, the things that can’t be bought. Family, friends, love, the environment, ideas, random thoughts, randomness in all. Life is about finding the happiness of singing with friends over a vast lake and a starry sky. About finding the fun in randomly walking on the beach at 4 o’clock in the morning, or telling your friends that you love them, and meaning it. Happiness comes from a visit from a friend when you have a fever, or a hug that someone gives when you need to cry it all out. I have many people in my life that mean everything to me, and they are worth more to me than the most perfect car ever, worth more than a license itself. My friends and my memories of being with them are worth more than 1,000 material wishes coming true.
So material things bring more negative feelings, while I myself feel completely happy with myself, my understanding of this brings me to feel that there is little value in money, homes, schoolwork even. School work is a material thing, because it only gets you grades, which are also material. The happiness in school is learning to learn, because learning is fun.
Material things are nothing compared to the things that really matter in life.
