What are your prized possessions in life?

When I ask myself; what my most prized possession is? I find; it has been changed in due course of time. In childhood my cricket bat gifted by my father was most precious possession, during adolescent my diary of poetry (self-composed) and in later half of 20s it was my car and smart phone. At present, I have many prized possessions, which includes materialistic things like earlier and few relationships. My current most prized possessions also included few other non-tangible treasures which I will be sharing with you later on in this article.

What I want to point out here is valued possessions lose their special status with time passage. My treasured possessions have been kept changing throughout my life as I mentioned above. Well what I feel age, gender, financial condition, surrounding people and education makes an impact on valuation of things or relations; and contribute in deciding whether those are most treasured or not.

Brighter side of prized possessions
These meaningful possessions often become a source of pride, self-respect, and bring confidence to possessor. It generates lots of positive feelings which make you feel good and enhance your mood, and even inspire or motivate you. It also give you sense of control; as you have ownership over precious possessions and this sense of control make you feel secure.

Darker side of prized possessions
Stop here and think for couple of minutes, Can you give up your valued possessions? Did you panic? Well it is normal; as I mentioned earlier precious possessions have sentimental connection. We are so attached with them that we perceive them “me” instead of “mine”. When people lose their prized processions they get hurt and sometime deeply, resulting in mental health issues.

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Top prized possessions
According to a survey; women’s top prized possessions are family photos, home, wedding ring, engagement ring, family pet, photographs of deceased relatives and Jewelry. Whereas, men’s top valued possessions includes home, family photos, car, wedding ring, photographs of deceased relatives, family pet, laptop and photographs of significant other.

Valued possessions from different perspective
I promised you earlier in this article that I will be sharing with you few non-tangible prized possessions of mine. Those are mindfulness, experience, values, beliefs and posi-positive approach. You might be thinking how these can be prized possessions. OK…, let me give you food for thought. Can you change your mind-set and traditional understanding about prized possession? Can you see your valued possessions from different perspective? Will you like to treasure following traits, competencies and skills as valued processions?

Health (includes physical and mental health)
Values and principles
Knowledge
Ethics
Beliefs
Character
Personality
Humbleness
Honesty
Education
Congruence among your thoughts, words and actions
Acts of Kindness
Mindfulness(This is most important)
Positive Attitude
Positive Thoughts
Behavior
Communication Skills
Perseverance
Peace of Mind
Patience
Habits
Perception
Gratefulness
High Self-Esteem
Forgiveness
Can you see few of the above qualities in yourself? Are not those your prized possession? If you ponder all these does not give you feeling of “me”; instead of “mine”. Be the change; see above qualities as your valued possessions and your life will be changed.

Having said all this, it isn’t bad to consider your father’s gifted bat or your mother’s jewelry as your prized possessions, but the best prized possessions can be intangible and more meaningful than traditional ones. What do you think?

Thank you for reading this. Over to you now, please let us know what is your most prized possession? Share your prized possessions in the comment section, they are much appreciated.

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