From today’s Daily Dose of Happiness…
OWNERSHIP
Nothing is truly yours, except your own experiences.
Out here in farm country, I see a lot of signs that read, “This
land is our land; hands off government”. Of course, I know what they
mean, but the fact is that nobody owns the land. “ownership” is a
fairy tale we tell ourselves so that humans don’t harm each other
for use of things.
But the truth is, nobody own the land – not a grain of it. When my
very short tenure on this planet is through, the land will remain.
If I pass down my land to my daughters, someday they too will go. The
land will remain.
But our experiences never leave us. War. Floods. Meteor crashes.
Nothing can take away our experiences. And when we go, we take them
with us.
For my money (Can I call it “my”?), I would rather have dozens of
wonderful experiences that are all mine, than dozens of wonderful
things that never will be.