Old Souls
Here’s to the days before digital
before instant gratification
and never needing to develop the virtue of patience
Here’s to the pictures we couldn’t delete
the songs we crossed our fingers to hear on the radio
and the dinners we ate … not pinned
Here’s to the years before smart phones
where conversations lingered because there was no where else to have them
and the only way to text was through notes you would pass
Here’s to the versions of print we ignore
to books with wrinkled pages from being too loved
and magazines you’d clip “someday” dreams from
Here’s to the times we remembered
how to get somewhere, whose number was whose,
and where we were supposed to go – all without a device to help us
Here’s to the screens you weren’t supposed to touch
to the shows you couldn’t subscribe to or binge on,
but waited with baited breath to see a whole week later
Here’s to those who were raised on
not yet
someday
and we’ll see
whose patience was cultivated by the culture
instead of tainted by it
Here’s to the old souls,
to the old ways,
to the past
I loved this!!!
So glad!!!!
Oh such great reminders of how life used to be. The days of anticipation. It did teach us patience. It took me back to yesterday for a moment … thank you
Thank you for living yesterday with me!
Love it.
I’m so glad it resonated! 🙂