Life's Not About What's Better Than...

I love this song from the John Butler Trio (in fact I love most of their music!).

Here are the lyrics:

All you want is

What you can't have and if ya'

Just look around man

You'll see you got magic

So just, sit back and relax

Enjoy it while you still have it

Don't, look back on life man

And only see tragic because

chorus:

You can be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than that

Life's not about what's better than

You can be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than that

Life's not about what's better

All the time while ya' lookin' away

There are, things you can do man

There's things you can say

Unto the, the ones your with

With whom you're spending the day

Get your, gaze off tomorrow

And come on and maybe, because

chorus

Oh, I know, sometimes

Things can be hard

But you should know, by now

They come and they go so why

Oh why do I

Look to the other side, 'cause I know

The grass is greener

But, just as hard to mow

Life's not about what's better than

All you want is

What you can't have

And if ya' just look around man

You'll see you got magic

So just, sit back and relax

Enjoy it while you still have it

Don't, look back on life man

And only see tragic because

chorus

I spent the day with Kate & E today. Just sitting around chatting and had lunch together. We talked about the cost of petrol and how they are predicting the cost of food will double over the next year. I hadn't heard that figure but she said they mentioned it on TV today. As I have been reading so many blogs etc about this topic I was not surprised. I told her about my readings and that we all really need to learn to be more self sufficient - grow our own food where we can, wean ourselves off oil etc etc. We talked a lot about this and then moved on to the topic of spending what we earn ie society in general not just us (we don't earn much so not much to spend lol!). I told her that I believe it would be an interesting experiment to live without the media's influence in our life for a couple of months and see what happens. I heard someone say that in today's society it is hard to develop a sense of self. I have to say that I agree with this. With the media telling us what we want, what we need, who we should be or aspire to be, what we should earn etc etc it can be a little hard to drown it all out and think for ourselves. Especially because our friends and family are also being lead by the media so if we try to go against the norm, they are there to tell us what they think! Now I am not saying that this totally applies to everyone but I think to some extent it does for us all. So, to close ourselves off from advertising in all forms I wonder if that would give us some quiet time and space to think, read, play, BREATHE, and become ourselves a little bit more... Do you know what I mean? Just something to think about on a cold, wet day!