A Temporary World

It’s new. It’s clean. It’s special.

It’s old. It’s broken. Throw it away.

They’re new. They’re fun. They’re always near.

They’ve been there awhile. They’re busy. Move on.

At a new place. Everything’s exciting. Life’s wonderful.

Been there awhile. It’s all the same. Let’s move on.

It’s the mind set of the 21st century. When it’s new, it’s great, it’s all we want, all we talk about, all we do. But when it ages a bit, breaks or just becomes ordinary; we get rid of it. No fixing. No treasuring. No trying again. Throw it away. Move on.

But is it really a mind set that we should be practicing, embracing and transferring onto others?

We do not only reserve this mind set for possessions but extend it to people and places too. When an object, place or person has been around for sometime and is wearing at the edges; we would rather take the easy road out. Because of the fast paced life that we live, we do not make time to fix, maintain and re-kindle.

We all know about the consumerism issue but what we don’t realise is that we are doing exactly the same to people too.

When we are not getting out of friendship what we want, we are quick to throw in the towel. But are we putting in the same as we are taking out, or are we just drinking the well dry? Yes, people grow apart and move on, but why is it happening so frequently and easily? Why so often in the relationships that were meant to last a lifetime? It is because friendship with oneself, with your wallet and material things, are becoming more important than relationships with other people.

We use people for temporary joy. And then when life gets tough, people are down and we do not experience the same joy as always, we walk away. Instead of being willing to sacrifice something for someone else, it is too much for us to handle. We walk out fast and run into the next temporary joy.

Where have the stories gone about the two little girls that grew up as neighbours, became the best of friends and died together in the retirement village? When did Taylor Swift's ‘Mary’s Song’ become a fantasy rather than reality?

Why are we treating people like temporary objects? Only to find out that we really needed them, appreciated them and miss them after we’ve shown them the door?

Why are we wasting the wonderful gift of other people that God has given us?

 

Why are we creating a Temporary World of Temporary Joy?