I've lost it all....

[Andromeda18_]

I'm not trying to pour salt on your wounds here or anything, but this just brings me to something, mainly how dependant we as humans get on objects and things. I'd be distraught too if something like that happens, but I'm just trying to wonder - is that a good thing or a bad thing?

I mean, we are gonna die one day or another and I don't think we'll be buried with our possessions, so why do we care so much about them in life? lol, sorry to sound so melodramatic - your topic just made me think how much I'd hate for such a thing to happen, then it got me into thinking - why it would be so bad.

Kakoi, I can really feel your pain. Just thinking that something like that might happen to my collection makes me feel depressed. And it's not just a matter of money, even when things are replaceable, the memories and feelings attached to those specific things are important too. I understand your point of view Animeshop, the same thoughts have crossed my mind several times yet even if I'm very attached to my things I'm not at all a greedy person, I don't desire to be absurdly rich and if I was I know I'd give a lot of that money to charity and research. I've learned to take pleasure in the little things and one of the little things that gives me a great deal of pleasure is reading and all the emotions that come to me while reading remain attached to the books and manga I have and that's what makes them unique to me. I don't feel guilty about this sort of materialism, I'm not hurting anyone by being this way and it contributes to my happiness. When the time comes for me to die I'll just die, the things I own don't even fit into that equation.