Don't believe them when they say that - if their house caught fire would they save themselves or their possessions? You can always replace a possession. Even photos and stuff like that actually makes no difference - you can live your whole life without photos or memorabilia, after all, you have a brain with its own memory. I know many people who put a lot of value on their possessions, and the more they are like that, the more miserable they seem to be.
I value life. I value people. I value my parents. Materialistic things will stay here in this world. Your relatives, your friends and your parents are valuable Asset. I don't give value to things as I believe they will not stay with me whenever I need moral and psychological support.
There is a famous art critic in the UK who was asked which of his possessions he would save from a fire. Without hesitation he said "my dogs". That would be my answer too. I would be upset by losing the other stuff, but distraught if I did not save the dogs.
I value my loved ones lives and my own most, anybody who thinks objects are more valuable must be very confused : )
I value my life, but I lost two extremely close friends, and I think I would have traded my life for either of theirs. That's how much they meant to me.
I value my life and my child more
I mostly value my life but sometimes items I have purchased come 1st.
One tends to think that there is only one answer! As we can see from the answers received, there "isn't" one answer. As for me, I would have to say my family. They are my support, my rock, my loves! Any material item I own can be replaced (to an extent - I understand robbier44's comment).
I happened across a poster that seemed so appropriate that I have it on my office wall It is by H. Jackson Brown Jr., and here is the web link:
www.lovstrand.com
I hope you will find it as meaningful for you as it has been for me.
Thanks for the Q!
I happened across a poster that seemed so appropriate that I have it on my office wall It is by H. Jackson Brown Jr., and here is the web link:
www.lovstrand.com
I hope you will find it as meaningful for you as it has been for me.
Thanks for the Q!