Are we attached to our material possessions?

Question

I have been noticing over the past few weeks, that my children seem "lost" without certain items, I normally don't leave the house without my purse and cell phone, and my husband never leaves without all his firepagers and cell phone. Who agrees that we, as a population, are WAY to attached to material items? I wonder if we are really happier with all of these "things"? or if we would be just as happy without them? Just some stuff that has been on my mind today, Thanks for any responses.

Answer 1

oh yes, definitely too attached to material items. it's so sad i think, especially for children, who i think these days are "nature-deficient." i had a huge forest to play in when i was a child and that's all i needed. but where can kids play safely these days? it seems that most parents try to occupy their children with toys, video games, movies, etc. so many things that keep them inside. but who can blame them? it's exhausting to always be worrying if something bad will happen to them, and god knows there are hundreds of commercials for all these material things on television, so they're going to want them. when i'm in nature, i don't feel like i want material things, they just disappear. but when you're immersed in everyday life, work, etc. then it seems the "wanting" comes back...

i also think that everyone wanting material things all the time is what is driving our economy to grow and expand so quickly...and we have to expand somewhere...into nature...soon we won't have too much of it at this rate.