Being happy with what you've got
On boxing day one of my friends' brothers and his girlfriend where snorkelling off Phi Phi island. They decided to take the more expensive, but faster, speedboat back to mainland Thailand which wasn't too far away. The other 150 folks who took the ferry where hit an hour later and all passed away, may they rest in peace. He and his girlfriend however continued to snorkel the reef, but it all went a bit manky when 4 metres of water suddenly disappeared and they found themselves next to a capsized speedboat walking amongst coral.The rest plays out like a movie, thats the only way to describe it. Them running past starfish being chased by The Tsunami, him eventually putting her on his shoulders and climbing the beachside cliffs just as the wave hit. The misery this quake brought was terrible, no denying it, but you gotta admit thats one amazing story too.
About the same time I was looking at beds. The King size Simmons Saphire extra length medium firm looked good. It can be awkward sharing a bed with someone you met the previous night through your mutual friend Jose Cuervo, but try doing it sober in front of strangers. Me and the elderly woman spread out beside me where equally impressed with the Simmons. I would like to work in a bed shop one day, its quite intimate.
I played out the two scenarios in my head, there was some unconscious need to: Tidal Waves vs Simmons, True Romance vs American Beauty, Madonna vs Meryl Streep, Life vs ... And then I stopped, saved, sucked from the sinus passages of depression by that little trick thats taken so long to learn: Being happy with what you've got.
And you know what, its true. Theres a time and place for everything, even blue collar capitalistic mediocrity. I've been through a few of my own tsunami's in my time, and yeah it was amazing, but there was no soundtrack in the background, no lighting effects. And only once did I ever sit with a bewildered feeling that what I'd just done was probably one of the most significant things I would ever do. And sometimes the grass is greener on their side cos their loo is leaking poo onto the lawn.
So Being happy with what you've got makes alot of sense right now, this is the first time in five years I've been in one place for very long, and things are good. I've also got another philosophy in case the first stops working, I call it "Being Unhappy with what you've got", just in case you know?
About the same time I was looking at beds. The King size Simmons Saphire extra length medium firm looked good. It can be awkward sharing a bed with someone you met the previous night through your mutual friend Jose Cuervo, but try doing it sober in front of strangers. Me and the elderly woman spread out beside me where equally impressed with the Simmons. I would like to work in a bed shop one day, its quite intimate.
I played out the two scenarios in my head, there was some unconscious need to: Tidal Waves vs Simmons, True Romance vs American Beauty, Madonna vs Meryl Streep, Life vs ... And then I stopped, saved, sucked from the sinus passages of depression by that little trick thats taken so long to learn: Being happy with what you've got.
And you know what, its true. Theres a time and place for everything, even blue collar capitalistic mediocrity. I've been through a few of my own tsunami's in my time, and yeah it was amazing, but there was no soundtrack in the background, no lighting effects. And only once did I ever sit with a bewildered feeling that what I'd just done was probably one of the most significant things I would ever do. And sometimes the grass is greener on their side cos their loo is leaking poo onto the lawn.
So Being happy with what you've got makes alot of sense right now, this is the first time in five years I've been in one place for very long, and things are good. I've also got another philosophy in case the first stops working, I call it "Being Unhappy with what you've got", just in case you know?
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