Empty Barrels Make the Most Noise

Hey guys, long time I know, pardon me…just been very busy…but God is good!

Ok, so those of you that know me well know that this is my favourite saying of all time: “empty barrels make the most noise”. Seriously, try it out, you will find that it is empirically correct on all grounds.

Have you ever been on Facebook, Twitter or know someone, whose life is a live broadcast?

I should know I used to be one of those people. I was ridiculous; if I sneezed I will put it up. Oh and the exaggerations! You know, the lies…I used to wait for Top Shop to have their sales, buy a shoe for £10 and broadcast that I bought it for the original price…sad I know!

But seriously, you know the people who go on about how many designer shoes they got, how many holidays they got planned in one month, how much the shoes or bags their admirers bought them are, oh yeah and how lucky and blessed they are to have this ‘perfect’ life that everybody else should envy?

Have you ever read or heard those things and questioned why you are so unlucky in love/life and why is it that all the men that approach you are just mere 9am to 5pm workers? Why the only presents/things you ever get from your admirers and boyfriends are just text messages, the brief phone call that only last a minute or the teddy bear that they gave you on your birthday that you cuddle every night?

 Ok I have to come clean, my other half, (my best friend) will tell you I was the best at this game of self loathing. All I had to do was hear that this girl got the latest LV bag or phone, and I will be off…oh God when will it be my turn, why am I so cursed, is it because I am fat…the list goes on…! I wasn’t jealous, I just wanted my life to also have meaning…hmmmm…again, sad I know!

BUT, let’s think about this very carefully, I believe we are all special and have the right to be treated as such BUT when do we draw the line at being treated as the queens that we are and being bought at a price? Because lets face it, no one will EVER give you something for free in this world. You can disagree if you want but this is my opinion.

These days, we have become so acquainted with the VANITIES of society that it becomes an insult to us when (for example) a regular guy on a monthly salary even dares to approach us.

You know, we want the big spenders and the high rollers, not someone that has to calculate his outgoings and save up to get us the watch our friends are wearing, oh hell no!

If you are like me, I need you to take a minute and think about this, would rather hold a bag that you know was given to you as a ‘present’ but in actuality, its payment for your services or a text message you know comes from his heart?

Would you rather the big fancy holidays with a stranger you’ve only met once or twice or a nervous phone call from the one who likes you so much that he is shaking in his boots at the sound of your voice?

 In the process, ask yourself this, if these so called HAPPY people were so busy being whisked on adventures, shopping sprees and present openings, will they really have time to document and broadcast it live to you and me?

They answer is NO!

Honestly, I feel so stupid for allowing myself to get carried away by the make-belief world these people are selling…and if you are reading this and you are one of those people, SHAME ON YOU!!!

Ok, granted, someone has bought you the odd watch or whatever but really, what were their intentions? (I am NOT referring to relationships) How can you meet a total stranger, you don’t even know what he does for a living, what his name actually is, where he lives or what he wants from you and accept gifts from him and be so PRUD to boast about it…what noise is your barrel making?

In concluding, I have learnt to be happy with the little I have, and now I know that there is NO maturity in washing your laundry in public for the world to comment on how white they are.

There is nothing to be envious of when it comes to others, because you DO NOT know the price they have paid.

And finally, I accept money makes the world go round, but does shoes and bags?

Come on people, LETS FILL UP OUR BARRELS SO THAT WHEN WE MOVE, WE MOVE WITH A BANG NOT AND EMPTY ECHOING NOISE.