As we yield to our desires, they get to control us and begin to exert considerable influence on our every plan and action. We come to worship them, and whatever we worship becomes our god. Possessed by things, we begin to put them above people, to value them more than people. It is insanity, but that is what the love of material things leads to. We must carefully watch how the desire and quest for things make us view and treat other people.
Every human person has value, immeasurable value, and that holds for rich and poor, weak and strong.
Every one is, therefore, worthy of our honor and respect. If I understand my neighbour's value I can never hold any object in higher esteem than her, no matter what it's monetary worth, and I could never harm her to get her possessions. You would think that in the proper order of things no one would be closer than a brother and a sister or a brother and a brother. Oftentimes that contentious property yields no benefit to either party but rather stands as a decaying monument, a colossal eyesore staring us all in the face, decade after painful decade. When we begin to strengthen the mindset that puts people first, material possessions begin to dwindle in importance and become less attractive.