I tend to think that it's too easy to get caught up in materials, prizing possessions and whatnot. But these are all just possessions, material things, in short-crap, thrown out and for the most part, long ago forgotten. But we are a culture obsessed with material possession-we work so we can buy things. That's how simple it is.
Possessions are an illustration of wealth and accomplishment for many.
However, for this writer, prizing materials possessions is just an illustration of foolishness, self-centeredness. I'm sitting in my room surrounded mostly by books, posters cover the walls, and clothes fill the closet. And while I'm a big fan of my CD collection, and god, I love that new black cowboy hat that I got at the mall they are nothing. The CDs that I buy today will probably embarrass me five or ten years from now, and the hat will be misplaced somewhere or end up in a box in my mother's basement. People, the relationships that I have, the day to day interactions, the conversations until four in the morning, the passing greetings in the mailroom or while walking up the hill.