Why so much drama in life these days?
Why do kids do drugs? Why are people engaging in such high-risk lifestyle behaviours?
Beings seek thrill!
We want excitement!
The people want an event, THE events!
That's what makes the people live; what makes life worth the living.
Back in the day people had EVENTS in their life. Back in the day going to town was an event! Seeing a movie was an event, going to a concert and such was an event.
Now we live in the microwave age: instant life, instant experience, instant everything!
Going to the mall isn't an event anymore, because we do it everyday!
People used to dress up for the shops! "Let's go to town!" they would say and everyone would get all dollied up! Wearing the special going out pants, frock and shoes. "we're going to the haberdashery! Get your hat on, Pa!" "Sit jou kerkhoed op, Ma. Hier kom die oggendiens."
Today you can too easily get the latest track and movies - that aren't even on circuit - at the drop of a hat; at the other end of the dial-up tone. There's no longer that special excitement in going to get the latest released record or going to the bioscope.
Living in the microwave-age, how do we get the thrill?
Wherein lies the events in life?
Drugs!
Sex!
Draaaaaamaaaaah!
Fights!
Generally Destructive (more especially self-destructive) behaviour and activities :(
Gone are the days when you got excitement from what has now become everyday things: the bioscope, a new album release, shopping... Now we need these artificial stimuli to give us the events in life.
We need to take time in life to enjoy the simple things in. Make mealtimes an event. Make saying hello to someone an event. Make buying the milk an occasion. Make life your event.
Live it.
Love it. . .
J3tsetter up & out
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