Don't Let Material Possessions Control You
Saturday Persistence
No matter what degree of success that we achieve in our lifetime, Opportunities to possess more things become more and more desirable. Possessions that are status symbols, items of pleasure and most of all, material possessions. When it comes down to the bare bones of life, material possessions are luxuries in our lives, not necessities. At the most basic level all we need is shelter, food, water and love, the rest is all just a bonus in this journey of life. Most people are controlled by these material possessions that they have brought into their lives by reasoning and persuasion within their own minds that material possessions must be necessities in their lives. Material possessions do not bring true, lasting happiness into your life. They may bring short term happiness but the emotions that they bring will fizzle out over time. You only need the necessities of life, be genuinely grateful for these necessities and happiness will come. From there these material possessions can be part of your life but know that they can’t control you unless you allow them to. Know that your mind and the thoughts that you think are the most important thing for your life. With your mind you can build an empire from dust, create something new to benefit humanity or be in the depths of poverty. It’s all up to you and the decisions that you make within your own mind. The material possessions that you currently have may have to become sacrifices along the journey of life in order to achieve the desires within your own mind. Understand that you only need the necessities of life, be grateful for everything in your life and learn to become happy at the most basic level. Then use your mind to build the future using your dreams as the bricks to create true lasting happiness in your life.
