Don't own things you can't own

because otherwise, they own you.

There some things you just can’t own.

You may have exclusive possessions of these, but you can’t really be their master.

(Don’t be offended by the implied slavery, I’m talking about things.)

Let me explain with an example.

Imagine you bought the most expensive car you dream of buying.

After the initial phase of trying out what it can offer wears off, you must get back to your routine car because nobody takes a Lambo to work.

Now either of two things will happen:

• You won’t drive it as much because it doesn’t really fit into your life. It’s a luxury car and you’ll only take it out on occasion.
  Ironically, the more expensive it is, the less it will be used but you still have to spend time and money on its maintenance and cleaning.

• You make time to drive it regularly because hey, it’s your dream car! So, you used to have 50 things on your daily schedule and now, you have 51.

Either way, the car owns you and I won’t even explain how.

Just know that you paid money for the car to buy your services of cleaning, servicing, and taking it out for a drive.

And what do you get in return? Some strangers are impressed every now and then – none of whom actually cares about you.

They’d be just as impressed or even more, if your dog drove that car instead of you.

My point is – you own only those things that serve you and not the other way around.

They are supposed to offer you more free time to focus on things that matter, like driving your newly bought car.

Now go clean it!