Ownership

The sense of ownership or owning something is an ancient animistic instinct. Just like dogs, humans tend to be territorial of the things they own. Ownership is an idea, and a very powerful one. Owning something gives you the right to act if someone else wrongfully possesses what you own.

I guess the idea of ownership allows us to live together in a formal world. This is mine, that's hers. You can have this, don't eat that. It's good but it builds an invisible wall between people. With what we own defines what we are or what we have done. It's like what we wear. Our clothes not so directly define what we are, where we come from or what we do. I mean, how do you choose your clothes? Do you pick dirty clothes up from floor and wear those? Do you get other people to dress you? How does that fit your personality? The clothes I wear certainly suit me.

I guess that's why people long for a marriage. It's joint ownership. But then again I don't think marriage is that shallow. It's a connection to another human being. Well, the closest one can get right?

What I'm getting at is; if you didn't own anything, what is left for people to love you? If you didn't own anything how could you be happy?

If you can answer that it'll mean you're more human than most.