Time In A Bottle

We move in circles in life.

They sometimes overlap.                                                                                     Opening to join together.

Closed circles created by life happening. 

Open circles are often privileges. 

Choices of time and money.

Saturday. Errands to run.                                                                                         Places to go out of necessity. 

A few hours to call my own.

Let's explore!

There's an AP for that . . .

Provided you have the money

To pay for the phone and service

Opening the world for and to you.

It's fascinating. 

Coming from a generation 

Taught to consume, taught to want, 

To expect and to desire so much in life.

Taught to go to stores and "shop til you drop". 

Never fully embracing but still participating, 

We followed the leaders and trends 

Imitating parents and friends.

Full circle. 

Millenials are reteaching "old" ways 

Including bartering, trade, 

Cross generational support, 

Multigenerational living.

"Boomers" were the great hope of the economy. 

Parents and relatives back from Wars.

Many were undeclared or referred to as "conflicts".                      

Houses. Suburbia. Marriage and families. 

Needs and wants. Hopes and dreams. 

The wheel of life.

The wheel of consumerism.

Consider it "economic development". 

Privilege. Freedom. Opportunity.

We began as a society.

Like the Seasons changing.

 

Then came the great ability to shop til you drop. 

Specialized areas downtown, suburban malls, 

Online across the Country, around the World.

We meet our own demise along the way.

Believing "others" have created.

While we continue to disrupt and interrupt.

Always pointing fingers away, not toward.

No longer needing to "go out".

There's an AP to deliver anything and everything.

Turn on, tune in, buy, buy, buy.

"Mom and Pop" stores believe they can compete

They're sold a "bill of goods" and believe the hype.

Now they can expand onto the internet.

What's changed? It's just a "glorified" catalogue.

No longer in print but always there 24/7.

Instant and immediate gratification. 

The acquistion is more than the possession.

It amazes me how new generations

Believe they're invented something.

They've simply regrouped and reorganized 

Readjusted systems, procedures and practices. 

They're not "creators".

They're "developers". 

Their time and influence rising and falling

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Given Time, we'll  grow a "Next Generation".