To have, or to have not?

[B. de Corbin]

Re: To have, or to have not?

From the time I turned 18 until we bought our home a month ago I have moved on an average of once per year...

You're going to be reincarnated as a turtle.

[SleepingCompass]

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I had the opposite family experiences as some of you guys; my mother hates clutter. She also loves to throw out old things and get new things. When I was a kid, friends would come over and tell me I lived in a mueseum because our house looked so unlived in. So now I like having a bit of clutter arround since I feel like it makes a home look more warm and inviting

[thalassa]

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I'm fond of possesions...

As long as they are possessions and not possessors.

(snip) Any object that is not food, water or shelter which moves from enhancing your life to controlling it is a problem that should be addressed. Otherwise, there are lots of cool things in the world. Have fun.

This^

I'm a big believer in two things that are perhaps seemingly contradictory: 1) Everyone should cherish their own treasured belongings (in which, "treasure" is defined as "things of deep meaningfulness to them") and 2) Everyone should be able to throw it all away, they are just things.

I like simplicity, but simplicity is not minimalism. Simplicity is about selectivity--choosing, even affirming, those things that are necessary, that are purposeful, and that are quality. I'd rather do without while I save for something that will last, unless its something that I can't do without.

[B. de Corbin]

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If it becomes necessary, a person needs to be able to eat the family dog, but to do it "just because" would be a mark of insanity.

I feel the same way about possessions - if you have to get rid of them, be able to do it, but doing it "just because" would be loopy.

[anunitu]

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Any good recipes for grilled Mutt?
BTW if your Dog managed to figure out how to open the fridge,you might want to ponder if he is an alien in disguise(reminds me of the song "devil in disguise")

Does this describe your beagle?

[callmeclemens]

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I think in the age of social media anybody can say they are anything, and I think possessions provide the proof.

[B. de Corbin]

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Any good recipes for grilled Mutt?

Didn't you go to Asia in the Navy? Isn't usually Mongolian BBQ?

BTW if your Dog managed to figure out how to open the fridge,you might want to ponder if he is an alien in disguise(reminds me of the song "devil in disguise")

Nah - he's just food obsessed, and crafty (he will also grab hotdogs out of your hand if it gets within grabbing distance).

[anunitu]

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actually,I have eaten dog,as well as monkey and RAT(In Peru they eat Guinea pig as well as Capabera)

Site about this.

From NPR BTW.

[Briton]

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I take Rick Stein's approach to foreign food and culinary tourism: would I eat it if it were served in my house? No? Then I wouldn't eat it abroad. That means dog. I wouldn't knowingly eat dog or cat, or the majority of carnivores.

Anyway. I find it hard to say because I don't know how much stuff other people have. I am a bit of an ascetic, I like a spartan home, and I am quite utilitarian. No, sorry, I am very utilitarian. But that doesn't mean I won't tolerate ornamentation, I just won't do it because "that's what I should do" or "that's what a house of this interior style should have".

If an ornamentation provides a purpose, such as I actively look at it and it is relaxing or nostalgic, then it is utilitarian, but still ornament. As such, I have money possessions, but it would take me only a day to pack for moving. The one thing I collect and don't use is books. Like, I'll buy them and think "I'll get round to reading them one day!" - ten years later they're on Freecycle.

Possessions can be good. They are the salt of physical life. Don't let them turn your life sour.

[DragonsFriend]

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I have all that I need and a lot of things that I want but could live without.
I believe we are supposed to have what we need and can use to make life better.
I have a young neighbor who borrows tools to fix his stuff. He is very respectful and I have no problem loaning them to him. He is in the process of accumulating the tools he needs and like most young men with young families he is a hard working guy. I have spent my life accumulating the tools I have for jobs that I worked and the businesses that I have had. I am sure that he will eventually be asked to loan his tools to someone. That is the way life goes.