Let's talk about: Material goods

Hello Steemians,


I'm starting the serie of posts about different values, issues and concepts. I am publishing my random thoughts about it hoping that users will be willing to start the respectful discussion at the very same topic. That way we can all know each others better and learn about others point of view.

I strongly encourage you to leave the comment and share with us your thoughts. There are no wrong answers here, just the safe space with friends who want to discuss.

Until now, we were already talking about:

• the economics
• love and polyamory
• meaning of life

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Let's talk about: Material goods

When I was eighteen, my family faced enormous problems. In court proceedings, we lost the house that we inherited from my great-grandfather fifteen years ago because of some inaccuracies.

It was a big shock to me as it was a place where I grew up. I had so many fantastic memories related to that house and I sincerely loved to spend my time there. My emotions, however, were nothing comparing to what my parents felt. For years they were denying themselves many pleasures and often were giving up holidays or any other entertainment activities in order to invest all their money in improving the quality of the home... And now they lost it.

Their despair was great, and for the first time in my life I saw my parents cry, which in my teenage heart caused a great deal of anger towards those who made them to feel that way.

My parents divorced shortly afterwards. I'm not saying that the loss of their home was the most important factor that motivated them to make that decision, but it was certainly one of many. Additionally, my mother needed the help of a psychologist to deal with these problems, and so did I at a later time.

This event significantly shaped me, left an imprint on my psyche, and changed my way of thinking. It is very easy to lose material goods at the most surprising moment, it is not worth being particularly attached to them.

Losing money can be painful, but losing precious moments in life is just as sad and painful. We often find that we have spent a great deal of time earning money rather than enjoying life. That is why it is so important that money should be always the tool to allow us follow our dreams, not the dream per se.

We should also keep in mind that some of us are born starting from a more privileged position - we have access to education, often help from the family to start our adult life, we do not have chronic diseases and we do not lack food. Being in a privileged position, in my opinion, we have a duty to share the obtained goods with those who have not been lucky in life so much. Doing it, we can also have a hope that in case we some day will lose everything because of some unexpected event, there will be people in around who will help us to survive the most difficult days.
That is why I appreciate steemit, which is based on solidarity and helping others to gain earnings. Steemit is the essence of what I would like everyone in the world to follow.

Ever since losing my home, I have valued experiences above material goods. Less than ten years later, we sold everything we owned and with my husband we started a trip around the world. In fact, we never managed to go around the world because we fell in love with South America so much that we stayed here for four years, only changing the country from time to time. All the experiences, knowledge and beautiful memories we've made during the trip will never be taken from me. It's something more permanent than new TV or laptop.

Currently, we collect the money, we try to earn in every possible way for a house and farm, but the dream of owning something we connect with helping others. In our house there will be a place for new immigrants who will be given a roof over their heads to ensure a more peaceful start in their new homeland. In that way, we do not save the money just for material thing, we save it for the experience, which can be shared with others. I wrote about it here.

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Summary

In my opinion it's important to remember that money can bring happiness, but if we are not able to find happiness without the money, even being millionaire will not make us happy. We earn and get richer thanks to steemit, but let's spend the earned money for the benefit of the community and let's not forget to help others on their way to success.

And you? What do you think about material goods?

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If you want to know me better, here is my achievement 1

Thank you for reading,
@papi.mati