When your property or possessions sustain some damage or loss, work on yourself to accept the Almighty’s judgment with love. Realize you were born without any belongings, and you will eventually leave the world without belongings. You need not identify with your possessions since they are not an integral part of you.
Sources: Raishis Chochmah – Sha’ar Ha’anava; Rabbi Zelig Pliskin’s Gateway to Happiness, p.252
I was just thinking about something like this maybe an hour ago, but the possessions are sculptures my dad made (nothing is lost or broken, it’s simply part of my still missing my dad… a what if).
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I think that’s a little different than people who define themselves by the house they own or the cars they drive or their cool, designer clothing. Your Dad’s sculptures have great emotional value which makes them more than static objects.
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Yes, indeed.
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I’m in the process of choosing a lit display cabinet.
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We cannot take our possessions with us when we die. So why do we place so much importance on them here on earth? I think maybe because many do not see the hereafter.
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Probably because every marketing campaign that we access tell us possessions are vital to our happiness, Katie.
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It is so sad how evil creeps in so sneekly and pulls is away.
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