So my friend was relocating to the US. Whether or not am happy for him is besides the point. The point is he packed ALL his life into just TWO (2) boxes. All his life! Everything he would need, all of it. All his thirty something years on earth into just two boxes!
On the way back from the airport, this got me thinking. This is a friend I have known for a while. Not too rich but very okay and was living quite a comfortable life.
I wondered...
So all the LED TVs, the acoustic sound system, all the split ACs, those fancy shoes, the comfy couch, the wallpapers, the PS4, the water dispenser, the microwave, washing machine, the deluxe gas cooker, twin door refrigerator, generators etc. None of them made the list of just two boxes.
I didn't help him pack but I think I have a fair idea of what might have been in the boxes. A few shirts, tees, and functions trousers (maybe black, grey and brown). A Jean or two. Maybe two pairs of shoes - again maybe black and brown. Five underwears, few personal effects, definitely no perfumes, certificates and related documents, immigration papers, and maybe a laptop.
And that's all! Really an entire life reduced to at most two boxes.
This is when it hit me, so many of the things we crave and long for. The things we accumulate, our so called priced possessions. None of these are essentials. None of them would make the cut if there was ever an emergency or a need to migrate.
It's really sad. This is just a life filled with vanity.
At this point that famous saying floats into my mind..
"For we came to this world with nothing and can take nothing out of it". 1 Tim. 6:7
And it even gets more interesting in the next verse...
"For if we have food and clothings, with these we will be content". 1 Tim. 6:8.
So all that were in those boxes were basic clothing essentials and certificates that would earn him a job and ultimately put food on his table. Just food and clothings.
An entire life in just two boxes of food and clothings.
olasupoAjayi
On the way back from the airport, this got me thinking. This is a friend I have known for a while. Not too rich but very okay and was living quite a comfortable life.
I wondered...
So all the LED TVs, the acoustic sound system, all the split ACs, those fancy shoes, the comfy couch, the wallpapers, the PS4, the water dispenser, the microwave, washing machine, the deluxe gas cooker, twin door refrigerator, generators etc. None of them made the list of just two boxes.
I didn't help him pack but I think I have a fair idea of what might have been in the boxes. A few shirts, tees, and functions trousers (maybe black, grey and brown). A Jean or two. Maybe two pairs of shoes - again maybe black and brown. Five underwears, few personal effects, definitely no perfumes, certificates and related documents, immigration papers, and maybe a laptop.
And that's all! Really an entire life reduced to at most two boxes.
This is when it hit me, so many of the things we crave and long for. The things we accumulate, our so called priced possessions. None of these are essentials. None of them would make the cut if there was ever an emergency or a need to migrate.
It's really sad. This is just a life filled with vanity.
At this point that famous saying floats into my mind..
"For we came to this world with nothing and can take nothing out of it". 1 Tim. 6:7
And it even gets more interesting in the next verse...
"For if we have food and clothings, with these we will be content". 1 Tim. 6:8.
So all that were in those boxes were basic clothing essentials and certificates that would earn him a job and ultimately put food on his table. Just food and clothings.
An entire life in just two boxes of food and clothings.
olasupoAjayi
Hmm. Na so o, true talk all the expensive stuff we go for who gets to use them ? I think we should look at been comfortable not with greed.
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