French la Vie

The original Hermès Birkin bag just sold at auction for $10 million. When I saw the headline, while reading the news at 3 am due to being jet lagged- I had the urge to write about it.
Because it reveals something deeper, something disorienting about what has come to matter—and, more importantly, what has been learned to be ignored.

A group of people bidding against each other to own a single object. A purse. Elevated beyond reason or reality. It’s indifference scaled to the point of blindness.

We all live within our means.
That’s what people say, anyway.

Some people’s “within” is just enough to cover a meal, clothing, a roof overhead
For others, it’s private chefs, designer shoes, and homes that echo because they’re too large to fill.

We all live within our means. But some means stretch like oceans. Others barely can fill a glass with water.

And still, somehow, we judge each other by what we wear, what we drive, how our lives appear—forgetting that none of it speaks to who we are, our souls..

What isn’t just is not that people have different kinds of work, or live different kinds of lives.
It’s that we’ve placed more worth on the appearance of intelligence or status than on the quiet dignity of necessity.
A doctor and a garbage collector both keep the world running. One gets applause. The other disappears into the background. But both are essential.

And yet, here we are.
Some toss away what could be life-changing for others—simply because they can.

A purse bought for ten million by some, is like
flicking a penny into a fountain for many.

When you have everything, even excess loses its meaning.
But when you have almost nothing, even a small gesture can change the shape of your day, maybe even your life.

So maybe it isn’t about who has what.
Maybe it’s about who sees the power of what they have.
And how they choose to use it.

Because if these questions aren’t about each other, then what does it truly mean?

-My jet lagged rambling thoughts.