I am beginning to wonder if one of the factors that drives the ever-upward movement of house prices is that owning your home might be that rare material possession that begins to answer the question of who you are, or at least offers a platform to begin the happiness quest.
We all know this type of person, who constantly thanks god for their big house, fast car, or other material possession that is meant to impress friends and acquaintances.
A person is a materialist in this sense if he is interested mainly in sensuous pleasures and bodily comforts and hence in the material possessions that bring these about.
Some data has suggested money itself doesn't lead to dissatisfaction -- instead, it's the ceaseless striving for wealth and material possessions that may lead to unhappiness.
Summing up his years in Scouting and church work, he wrote, "In the last analysis, it is the things of the spirit rather than material possessions that count".
Yet he has become a disturbing symbol for those who, themselves, cling to the material possessions that come to them through power: swimming pools, yachts, whiskey, bulging bank accounts and mansions all over the country.
Material things captured the importance of material possessions that mothers used to provide care to their children and included things inside and outside of their homes.
The increasing migration, together with improved infrastructure and media access in the remote villages, has resulted in a rise in material possessions that represent an elevation to prestigious cultural status as well as significant changes in lifestyle, sexual morality, and sexual behaviors [ 11].
DEBRA DIAL Phoenix, Arizona SIR: Until the gross accumulation of money is seen for what it is, immoral, we will continue to tell our children that they are measured firstly by their material possessions, that it's admirable to take more than their fair share, and the way they get it doesn't matter.
"How can a person become so bedazzled by material possessions that she can no longer see the difference between what's appropriate and inappropriate," Spencer said.
Travelers typically have less material possessions that the average person (except for their storage boxes of souvenirs of course!) and selling is the way to go to de-clutter and get extra cash.
