: A few of our favorite things (these are)
Buddhism teaches that you should not become attached to your worldly possessions – or something along those lines. I tried googling this and my eyes glazed over (MEGO) after a few minutes.
But I’ve got no beef with the general notion. I’ve tried to put myself in the position of those unfortunate folks in out in California who lost their houses in those forest fires. How would I feel if that happened to me (assuming of course no one I loved or cared about died or was injured)? Well, it would be a bummer, but, apart from the old photo albums and a few pieces of art work, everything else is just . . . stuff – and stuff is replaceable.
Well that and . . . . . our favorite cups.
Yes, it’s pretty silly, but Lisa & I each have our favorite matching cups that we use for both coffee and tea. After we have our morning coffee we wash them out so that we can re-use them later in the day for afternoon or evening tea. We have dozens of other cups that are perfectly acceptable – they do an excellent job of holding hot & cold beverages and we also have a working dishwasher. But in spite of this we continue to wash our favorite cups by hand after every use just in case. . . I have no idea when or how this started, but it’s been going on for a long time.
Is there anything special about these cups? I dunno. I mean they’re certainly nice enough as far as cups go. But I’ll let you decide. I’ve attached a photo of the cups in question – I tried to organize the photo like a modern renaissance still life painting. In case you’re curious, Lisa’s cup is on the right and mine is on the left, and yes we do most of our food shopping at Trader Joe’s.
And speaking of stuff – if you have never seen it, George Carlin has the definitive take on “stuff” – George Carlin Talks About “Stuff”
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