It is often said that you don't know what you have until it's gone. Gone has a certain finality to it. Dictionary.com defines it as departed, left, ruined, past or dead.
This photo is one of my favourite photos of one of my favourite possessions - my bass guitar. I took this photo in December of 2009 about a week before Christmas. I was on vacation at home and needed a red photo for an online photo competition.
Right now my bass guitar is gone. Departed, but hopefully neither ruined, nor dead! The last time I saw it was at the end of September 2011 when it was packed by the removal company. It has been in their safe keeping since then. Five months is a very long time to not have your stuff, but I suppose it's better than them all truly being gone!
Thinking about all my things, I can honestly say that right now the list of my "favourite things" is quite short. There are probably several reasons why this may be the case :-
1. I have forgotten all the cool things I have!
2. Many of my really favourite things came back with me on the plane.
3. I've realized that the important things in life aren't things.
I'd like to think that it's all reason 3, but I think in reality it's a combination of all three.
I hope the lesson I take into the soon approaching future when I will have all my stuff back is that I should share my favourite things more with the favourite people in my life!
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