It is sad these days how wrapped up, in the material side of life we have become, it is so easy to do, but does buying and having things really make us happy? At the end of the day, they are just things, can buying the latest gadget make your child love you more than spending a day enjoying time together? I wonder sometimes what I will be remembered for? Will my kids remember I bought them the latest video game or will the remember times spent together, times when we laughed, played and just enjoyed being.
Last week I had my parents here for a visit, it's school holidays, hubby still had to work, so did my eldest son, but I had mr12 with me. We took mum and dad to the local botanical gardens and went walking, 6kms we covered, up and down hills, through bush, joking and laughing as we went. It was an amazing day, a picnic lunch at the end. The memories are something we will treasure, three generation of my family having a great day together.
There was so much to smile about, my son being such a boy and walking through a field of grass, that in places was up to his chest, the childish delight at making it through to the other side. The beauty of a tree full of butterflies and the gorgeous note of the bellbirds in the trees.
It is experiences such as these we need to treasure, they build the library of memories that last a lifetime, not what latest gadget you can buy, remember to enjoy life, to experience life, stop watching life and participate to the fullest. Find joy with those you love, those who are closer to you, take life by the horns and wring every drop of living from it.
Living a life full of regrets and missed oppurtunities, is not living at all!!!!!
