two weeks after ondoy hit, our subdivision was still underwater

material things are inconsequential. the floods have made my husband realize that it doesn’t make sense to buy a P300,000-living room set (we don’t own one) when it can easily be swept away in an instant by floodwaters. he realized that it’s useless to buy stuff that would just be useless when one has to evacuate and be forced to subsist on noodles for 4 days while stranded on top of your house or inside your house. material things just drag you down, make you hesitant to leave and make you blind to what is important in life.

finally, he sees my point of view. i’ve always told him that i don’t get this thing about people being so attached to material things, up to the point that they cannot sleep at night because the figurines inside the glass cabinet may break or fall. or the living room coffee table may get scratched. or counting every piece of spoon and fork in the house lest one may be missing.

that’s not really a happy way to live.

there’s so much to life than flaunting your house, your material possessions and acquiring hordes of inconsequential stuff just to validate your self-worth. the world is so wide and wonderful that it’s a shame to just let yourself be imprisoned by your material possessions. you only live once.

so now we’re selling a lot of stuff. you’ve gotta be liquid these days. purging is good.

i’ve read somewhere that in order for you to live a happier life, dump everything and just pick the pieces that you could fit in your backpack, which you could take with you if/when armageddon arrives too early.

that eliminates your stupid figurines.