A couple of weeks ago we spent a very enjoyable afternoon in the grounds of Bond University, at a Tastes of the Gold Coast function. The weather was beautiful the surroundings very pleasant, it was lovely just to meander around in the sunshine, enjoying the spring afternoon, sipping the odd free wine tasters, listening to good music and soaking up the ambiance.
Amongst the attractions (for me) were the two stilt characters with their buckets of bubble mix, sending beautiful bubbles into the air. If you've been reading my story for any length of time, you will know that I LOVE bubbles. I took lots of photos and totally enjoyed watching children gather around watching the bubbles flying into the air and trying to catch them before they popped.
This got me thinking. How we in our materialistic, western culture chase after things that attract us, only to find at some time, sooner or later, that the attraction dies and we are off chasing the next thing.
I know this is true in my life because I have experienced it all too often. As you may know, I am a keen op shopper, often a shopping expedition will included visits to more than one establishment and, depending on how much treasure I find, and how scattered my thoughts are during the "hunt", by the end of the venture, as I unload the car, I discover stuff that I've forgotten I've bought, or that has been superseded in my thoughts by a subsequent find.
I have found it useful to walk around with a treasure, or even stash it at the counter and re-examine it before settling my bill and in so doing have saved myself some unnecessary, less important purchases.
No doubt this is how materialism works, playing on our unquenchable desire to acquire stuff, whatever form it may take.
What bubbles do you chase?
Simply Susan
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