My Lack of Acquisitiveness
Acquisitiveness is, simply put, the desire to own things.
It is the abundance of acquisitiveness in my children that has just now caused me to reflect on my relative lack of acquisitiveness.
I did have a number of musical instruments that I had accumulated over the years up until recently. I donated some of them to the music room of an alternative school before I moved away. The rest, save for one simple acoustic guitar, were included in the auction that featured the bulk of our possessions.
People tend to fall into a cycle of buying stuff to make themselves happy. Go to an estate auction the next chance you get and see what a lifetime accumulation of stuff looks like. Don’t bring any money or plastic. Just look around and see if you can spot all the happy.
